The Secret Life of Words: English Words and their Origins

~ Release by Anne Curzan (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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1Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 1
1:36
2Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 2
5:34
3Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 3
5:47
4Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 4
5:57
5Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 5
6:19
6Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 6
6:37
7Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 1
5:13
8Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 2
5:35
9Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 3
5:05
10Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 4
5:08
11Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 5
5:41
12Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 6
4:17
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1Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 1
5:13
2Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 2
4:55
3Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 3
4:47
4Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 4
5:04
5Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 5
5:20
6Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 6
5:12
7Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 1
5:29
8Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 2
4:25
9Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 3
5:53
10Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 4
4:21
11Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 5
5:18
12Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 6
4:49
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1Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 1
5:08
2Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 2
4:51
3Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 3
5:23
4Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 4
4:41
5Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 5
4:59
6Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 6
5:50
7Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 1
5:02
8Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 2
5:23
9Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 3
4:55
10Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 4
4:48
11Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 5
5:04
12Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 6
5:39
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1Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 1
4:55
2Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 2
5:01
3Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 3
5:10
4Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 4
5:05
5Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 5
5:03
6Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 6
4:35
7Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 1
4:56
8Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 2
5:18
9Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 3
4:57
10Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 4
5:01
11Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 5
4:51
12Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 6
4:43
5▼CD
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1Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 1
5:35
2Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 2
4:30
3Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 3
5:35
4Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 4
4:30
5Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 5
5:12
6Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 6
5:01
7Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 1
5:24
8Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 2
4:51
9Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 3
4:44
10Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 4
5:26
11Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 5
4:41
12Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 6
4:39
6▼CD
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1Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 1
5:03
2Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 2
5:01
3Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 3
4:51
4Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 4
4:59
5Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 5
4:56
6Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 6
3:38
7Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 1
5:05
8Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 2
5:11
9Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 3
4:47
10Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 4
5:07
11Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 5
4:58
12Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 6
4:59
7▼CD
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1Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 1
5:17
2Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 2
4:50
3Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 3
4:56
4Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 4
5:18
5Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 5
4:47
6Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 6
5:09
7Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 1
5:03
8Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 2
5:37
9Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 3
4:40
10Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 4
4:39
11Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 5
6:44
12Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 6
5:59
8▼CD
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1Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 1
5:00
2Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 2
4:56
3Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 3
5:11
4Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 4
5:16
5Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 5
4:49
6Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 6
4:30
7Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 1
5:11
8Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 2
5:13
9Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 3
4:40
10Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 4
4:59
11Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 5
5:20
12Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 6
4:50
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