The Human Language
Brief Synopsis
A three-part special exploring human language: what it is, how it works, and where it comes from.
Cast & Crew
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Gene Searchinger
Director
Freda Norman
Kim Oller
Lewis Thomas
Kathryn Hirsh-pasek
Susan Carey
Film Details
Also Known As
Human Language
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1995
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
A three-part special exploring human language: what it is, how it works, and where it comes from.
Director
Gene Searchinger
Director
Cast
Freda Norman
Kim Oller
Lewis Thomas
Kathryn Hirsh-pasek
Susan Carey
Dan I Slobin
Howard Lasnik
Mark Aronoff
Noam Chomsky
Darlene Orr
Terence Langendoen
Alvin Liberman
Bernard Bragg
Jeff Leer
George A. Miller
Deborah Tannen
Peter Marler
Steven Pinker
Nomonde Ngubo
Jill Devilliers
Suzette Haden Elgin
Rebecca Eilers
Ursula Bellugi
Peter Sells
Bobby Dews
John Lynch
Tammy Grimes
Pat Oliphant
Paul Ekman
Michael Christensen
Peter Ladefoged
Philip Lieberman
Sid Caesar
Thomas Sebeok
Judy Kegl
Frederick Newmeyer
Mary Laughren
Gerald Fodor
Ellen Markman
Roberta Michnik Golinkoff
Lila Gleitman
Jane Robinson
David Mcneill
Morris Halle
Stephen Jay Gould
Michael Robinson
George Carlin
Russell Baker
Henry Kucera
Carol Padden
Grace Slwooko
W V O Quine
Carl Whitehead
Roy Byrd
Crew
Sara Fishko
Editor
Bob Gill
Graphic Designer
Tom Haneke
Editor
Pierre Kahn
Assistant Editor
Judy Kegl
Advisor
D Terence Langendoen
Advisor
Miriam Lewin
Associate Producer
George A. Miller
Advisor
Sharon Sachs
Editor
Ivan Sag
Advisor
Gene Searchinger
Executive Producer
Gene Searchinger
Editor
Gene Searchinger
Director Of Photography
Gene Searchinger
Writer
Gene Searchinger
Producer
Dan I Slobin
Advisor
Jeff Stern
Editor
Maurice Wright
Original Music
Phoebe Yantsios
Assistant Editor
Film Details
Also Known As
Human Language
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1995
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
