Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language
Encyclopedia
Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language is a 1990 BBC
television documentary series written and presented by Jonathan Miller
that attempts to shed light on the complexities of language.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television documentary series written and presented by Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Miller
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE is a British theatre and opera director, author, physician, television presenter, humorist and sculptor. Trained as a physician in the late 1950s, he first came to prominence in the 1960s with his role in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with fellow writers and...
that attempts to shed light on the complexities of language.
Episodes
The series consists of four episodes 47 minutes each:- Doing What Comes Naturally: Childhood Language Acquisition
- Broken English: The Effects of Brain Damage on Language
- Lending a Hand: Sign Languages and the Deaf
- In a Manner of Speaking: The Phenomenon of Conversation
External links
- The Born Talking Series – Available in the US and Canada