Title: Discovering the human language
Description: First of three programs on human language. Explores power and limitations of language and the achievements of the expression of abstract concepts and the ability to say entirely new things and have them understood. Discusses words, sentences and universal grammar. Reference is made to Chomsky's theories as described in his book Syntactic structures.
Subjects: Language and languages, Linguistics, Abstraction, Communication, Comparative and general Grammar, Syntax, Psycholinguistics
People: Noam Chomsky (1928-)