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Crash Course Linguistics

Welcome to Crash Course Linguistics! Linguistics is everywhere and is super useful for pretty much everyone. Over 16 episodes, Taylor Behnke will teach you all about language, from its structure, to the relationship between language and our identity, the brain, and computers, to writing, language acquisition, and the diversity of human languages!

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Crash Course Linguistics

First Air Date

September 11, 2020

Last Air Date

January 22, 2021

Seasons

1

Episodes

16

Language

English

Production Companies

ComplexlyThought Café

Networks

Writing Systems
S01E16

Writing Systems

All societies have spoken or signed language, but not all languages have a written form. Since writing developed in different ways in different places, writing systems differ greatly around the world. In this final episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we’ll learn about writing systems, also called orthographies, the different components that make up a writing system, the development of different writing systems over time, and more!

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