<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">(apologies for cross-posting)</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The YouTube channel “Linguistics Videos” now includes some great videos of Prof. Jeffrey Heath talking about his life and his fieldwork, and his approaches to functional explanation and historical linguistics. Here are the links:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Part 1 - <span style="color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-primary-text-color)); font-variant: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-variant, inherit);" class="">Fieldwork Biography</span></span><br class=""></span><a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FBdevBGC2Ra0&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3dd40bb816aa4285be1f08d5bb33b19c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636620753047383365&sdata=JYqegogp66tQGbyk04K7iTY8Le%2B1OjPP1T%2B2nyjRqLw%3D&reserved=0" class="" target="_blank" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">https://youtu.be/BdevBGC2Ra0</a><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""> </font><br class=""><font class="" size="2" face="Tahoma" color="#5856d6" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px; font-family: Tahoma;"><br class=""></font><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Part 2 - <span style="font-size: 14px; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-primary-text-color)); font-variant: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-variant, inherit);" class="">Functionalism & Typology</span><br class=""></span><a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Ft_5u9awlFAo&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3dd40bb816aa4285be1f08d5bb33b19c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636620753047383365&sdata=%2F4guuX1WOCFuH4rqJ3N29Waj1H9m0%2Bi2Ss%2BZrdvjrKY%3D&reserved=0" class="" target="_blank" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">https://youtu.be/t_5u9awlFAo</a><br class=""><font class="" size="2" face="Tahoma" color="#5856d6" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px; font-family: Tahoma;"><br class=""></font><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Part 3 - Historical Linguistics</span><br class=""><a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fz8dKMsfEYSk&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3dd40bb816aa4285be1f08d5bb33b19c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636620753047383365&sdata=QaZjQSapuj%2FCULK02ymfPXYfRadq9YZsTcBSSEOIUCE%3D&reserved=0" class="" target="_blank" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">https://youtu.be/z8dKMsfEYSk</a><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""> </font><br class=""><font class="" size="2" face="Tahoma" color="#5856d6" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px; font-family: Tahoma;"><br class=""></font><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Part 4 - Fieldwork Methods</span><br class=""><a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FQlaSNv4Ch9g&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3dd40bb816aa4285be1f08d5bb33b19c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636620753047383365&sdata=e55ZTpfzR4RfbK1ccRKlP1O6Eao4l%2FTA%2BYDfBUPNmLc%3D&reserved=0" class="" target="_blank" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">https://youtu.be/QlaSNv4Ch9g</a><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""> </font><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class="">Playlist including all 4 videos:<br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEtFvGfLk90lCZwSNabl829PzmxDyPNdc" target="_blank" class="">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEtFvGfLk90lCZwSNabl829PzmxDyPNdc</a> <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Enjoy!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Randy</div><div class="">
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