David Harrison (L) and Gregory Anderson from the film "The Linguists" at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2008 in Park City, Utah. (Getty Images/Stringer)
To save languages before they are lost
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Two linguists travel to remote regions to record the speakers of disappearing languages before they are lost. A recent PBS documentary called "The Linguists" chronicles their search for these declining languages.
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David Harrison: Professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College. He is featured in the new PBS documentary "The Linguists."
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Gregory Anderson: Field linguist and Director of the Living Tongues Institute. He is featured in a new PBS documentary "The Linguists."
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