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Lecture 35: Linguistics and Politics in Language Study
Noam Chomsky 1950's & 60's:
* Deductive instead of inductive approach
* Deep/surface structures
* Transformational generative grammar (theory about language)
Saussure: langue vs parole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langue_...
Chomsky used competence and performance
Aspect over tense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammat...

Lecture 33: The Language of Science
Delineation of the concept of the Hello Girl (ref Twain and The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) and the linguistic structure that enabled additional sexism and fake eroticism
There's some discussion of war/nuclear related linguistics that Tantek might appreciate for his essay. If he's not thought about it, the origin of the word "computer" is going to "blow him away."

Finished lecture 32: An Anglophone World
Saffron tongue in Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale as curry of language

Finished lecture 31

Finished lecture 30. I love how Lerer takes an example from the lecture and then metaphorically weaves it into a clever wrap up. This lecture is a great example, but gets also doing it across the entirety of the course itself.

Finished lecture 29

Finished lecture 28

Finished lecture 27
Nice passage on Gettysburg Address

Finished lecture 26

Finished lecture 25 on American English