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Linguists

  • Anthropologist and linguist Lorenzo Turner discusses the Gullah dialect

    Sep. 27, 1953
  • Discussing his autobiography "Perfect Pitch: A Life Story" with Russian-born musicologist, pianist and composer Nicolas Slonimsky

    Apr. 13, 1988
  • Studs Terkel discusses the English language with Bergen Evans ; part 1

    Feb. 26, 1962
  • Howard Vincent discusses foreign languages and Herman Melville

    Dec. 22, 1959
  • Dr. Herbert S. Terrace discusses his work in the field of primate cognition

    Feb. 1980
  • Ellen Afterman, Clinton Sanders and Spellman Young discuss the exclusionary power of language

    1970
  • Kimon Friar discusses Nikos Kazantzakis and the art of Greek translation

    Dec. 12, 1977
  • Professor Irwin Weil discusses Russian literature, poetry, and theater

    Mar. 25, 1987
  • Discussing the book "Wordstruck: A Memoir" with the author, journalist Robert MacNeil

    Mar. 23, 1989
  • Professor Irwin Weil discusses his trip to China to attend an international meeting of teachers in Russian and Russian literature

    Feb. 8, 1988
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