Language and Linguistics; 3; Definition of Language
- Series
- Language and Linguistics
- Episode Number
- 3
- Episode
- Definition of Language
- Producing Organization
- Metropolitan Educational Television Association
- University of Buffalo
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-472v723d
- NOLA Code
- LALG
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- Description
- Episode Description
- There is a relationship between language and culture, says Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr. He points out that there is no such thing as a "primitive" language; all languages have the same amount of history behind them. He reveals why all languages are about equally complex. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., of the University of Buffalo, presents an introduction to linguistics covering the nature of language, its structure and development. He conducts a comprehensive survey of what language really is, considering how it forms a basis for all human interaction. Dr. Smith shows the relation of linguistic science to teaching a foreign language, teaching reading and the analysis of the psychiatric interview. Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., was a Professor of Linguistics and English and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Buffalo. Dr. Smith graduated from Princeton in 1935 and received his Master of Arts degree in 1937. He completed the work for his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1938 and became a lecturer at Barnard College, Columbia that year. Between 1939 and 1941, he conducted the radio program Where Are You From?, and in 1940 joined the Brown University staff as an instructor of English. During World War II, as a Major in the U.S. Army, he was in charge of the Language section, and following the war he became director of the Language Department at the Army School Center. From here, he went to work for the Department of State as Dean of the School of Languages, Foreign Service Institute. In 1956, he joined the University of Buffalo faculty. He co-authored two books with George L. Trager: An Outline of English Structure and Linguistic Science and the Teaching of English. Production Organization: University of Buffalo. Production Agency: META New York. The 13 episodes that comprise this series each run about 30 minute. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Description
- Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., of the University of Buffalo, presents an introduction to linguistics covering the nature of language, its structure and development. He conducts a comprehensive survey of what language really is, considering how it forms a basis for all human interaction. Dr. Smith shows the relation of linguistic science to teaching a foreign language, teaching reading and the analysis of the psychiatric interview. There is a relationship between language and culture, says Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr. He points out that there is no such thing as a primitive language; all languages have the same amount of history behind them. He reveals why all languages are about equally complex.
- Broadcast Date
- 1958-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Topics
- Education
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Host: Smith, Henry Lee, Jr.
Producing Organization: Metropolitan Educational Television Association
Producing Organization: University of Buffalo
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_2360 (WNET Archive)
Format: 16mm film
Duration: 00:29:08?
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2311901-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Language and Linguistics; 3; Definition of Language,” 1958-00-00, Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 18, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-472v723d.
- MLA: “Language and Linguistics; 3; Definition of Language.” 1958-00-00. Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 18, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-472v723d>.
- APA: Language and Linguistics; 3; Definition of Language. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-472v723d