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antnov1.aukuni.ac.nz>Here, at long last, is the summary of responses I got to my query on videos for an undergraduate Language, Culture & Society course. Sorry it took so long, but I got bogged down in end of the (southern hemisphere) academic year exam grading. First, thanks to everyone who responded. Here are the films mentioned, together with people's comments on them (and information about how to obtain them where available) : 1. Story of English - a couple of people liked segments of it especially Black on White, the segment on Black English and Mother Tongue, on the history and development of English on the other hand, it was also disrecommended for being full of odd misinformation 2. The Alphabet - Mark of Man (sic) very Eurocentric, but does give some good information 3. Out of the mouths of Babes excellent film on child language 4. The Engima of Casper Hasen "a beatiful commercial film" 5. Walkabout 6. American Tongues a very funny, intelligent look at dialect/situation variation in the US and their sociopolitical implications 55-minute version with raunchy language 45 minute censored version reviewed in American Anthropologist 1990 Vol 92 no 2 purchase price $285, rental $85 New Day Films Inc 121 W 27th St Room 902 NY NY 10001 7. not a specific film, but an idea take video-tapes of famous politcal addresses that interest the students (eg Jesse Jackson's 1988 address to the Democratic Natl Convention) and analyze it in class 8. The Lemon Grove Incident 60 minute PBS video - deals with an attempt to segregate Mexican children at school (1930). used to illustrate linguistic factors in prejudice 9. The Two Brains a PBS video - language and the brain 10. Washo a PBS video attempts to teach ASL to chimps 11. The Pear Stories film the film used to produce the research on which The Pear Stories, 1980, Chafe (ed) was based 12. Gorillas a national geographic film - has a section on attempts to teach KOKO ASL 12. A Child's Guide to Language British tv program comparing first and second language acquisition 13. Before Babel BBC program about proto-language 14. Language by Gesture Kenneth Pike doing field work available from Penn State audio-visual dept 14. The Chairy Tale a film about a person and a chair interacting - really about intercultural communication available from Penn State audio-visual dept Pennsylvania State University Audio Visual Services Special Services Building University Park PA 16802 catalog: Films and Video for Arts and Communication 15. Teaching Sign Language to the Chimpanee, Washoe abailable from Penn State audio-visual dept 16. The Language of the Bees 17. He said, She said interview with Deborah Tannen about gender differences in conversational style 18. A World of Gesture non-verbal (gestural) communication available from U. of California Extension Media Center 2176 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley CA 94704 19. Crosstalk a film by Gumperz on intercultural mis-communication available from Mrs. Tanner at Georgetown U. language lab 20. In Praise of Language 24 minute film about the development of writing for the Niso people of Northwest Cameroun International Academic Bookstore, Summer Institute of Linguistics 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd Dallas TX 75236 $18.75 21. Sociolinguistics of language 25 minute film discussing language variation, ethnography of communication, language in social context, speech act theory, language change International Academic Bookstore, Summer Institute of Linguistics 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd Dallas TX 75236 $18.75 22. sixty minutes segment on animal language looks at the history of trying to teach primates language. great for critiquing the experiments available through the u of illionois film services also a number of people said they had taped things off of PBS over the years, which might be available directly from PBS, who will send a catalog to anyone with an academic address. Fay Wouk Dept. of Anthropology, University of Auckland fewMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue