Acquiring the human language
Subtitle: playing the language game
By: produced, written, and directed by Gene Searchinger ; South Carolina ETV ; Equinox Films
Contributors: Chomsky, Noam; Lasnik, Howard; Gleitman, Lila R.; Slobin, Dan Isaac, 1939-; Pinker, Steven, 1954-; Fodor, Jerry A.; Bellugi, Ursula, 1931-; South Carolina Educational Television Network; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Series: The human language series -- pt. 2; Human language series -- pt. 2.; CLD 662 (NU course); CLD 666 (NU course)
Publisher: Equinox Films/Ways of Knowing, Inc.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Harriman, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Language and languages; Linguistics; Language acquisition; Communication; Children; Language; Comparative and general Grammar; Syntax; Psycholinguistics; Cognition in children; Films for the hearing impaired
Other titles: Playing the language game
Description: Second of three programs on human language. Explores how children acquire language, and explains that they have an innate, universal knowledge of essential grammar and syntax.
Notes: Originally broadcast on PBS in 1995.

Camera, Gene Searchinger, Michael Male, John Hazard ; film editors, Sharon Sachs, Sara Fishko, Tom Haneke ; music, Maurice Wright ; graphic design, Bob Gill.

Presenters: Noam Chomsky, Howard Lasnik, Lila Gleitman, Dan I. Slobin, Steven Pinker, Jerry Fodor, Ursula Bellegi.

DVD.

Closed-captioned.