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The Tongues of Men

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Written and presented by George Steiner
Part 1: Disaster at Babel
' The mythical hammer blow at Babel shivered the language of Adam into thousands of jagged bits.'
On this small, crowded planet men and women speak thousands of different languages. In the first part of this epic examination of language GEORGE STEINER asks why there is such a bewildering confusion of tongues. Is there a Darwinian solution? Have languages proliferated in the same way and for the same reason as plant and animal species? Are some languages stronger, better than others?
(Part 2 at 4.40 pm)

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