OSHER ONLINE: Languages of the World
| Dates: | October 16 - November 20, 2025 |
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| Meets: | Th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM |
| Location: | Online - Zoom |
| Cost: | $60.00 |
Online registration is not available at this time. Please contact our office for more information.
Support Person: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Phone: (915) 747-6280 Email: olli@utep.edu
Please note: this course requires membership in courses that are currently unavailable
Explore the world’s linguistic diversity. With more than 7,000 languages spoken today, their evolution
reveals insights into human history and civilization. This course examines how languages change, interact, and shape cultures. We’ll uncover linguistic mysteries in different global locations, tracing the migrations and connections that define human communication. We will gain a deeper understanding of human history and what it means to be human.
reveals insights into human history and civilization. This course examines how languages change, interact, and shape cultures. We’ll uncover linguistic mysteries in different global locations, tracing the migrations and connections that define human communication. We will gain a deeper understanding of human history and what it means to be human.
| Fee: | $60.00 |
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Online - Zoom
ZoomAsya Pereltsvaig
Asya M Pereltsvaig received a PhD in Linguistics from McGill University and has taught at Yale, Cornell, and Stanford, as well as in several other universities. Her expertise is in language and history, and the relationship between them. Her most recent book, Languages of the World: An Introduction, 4th edition (2023) is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press. Asya is a popular instructor for several Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes across the country and was the faculty host for the Osher trip to the Baltic countries and her native city, St. Petersburg Russia in July 2017.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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