Why Do We Talk

Why Do We Talk

2010
1h 0m
5.2

5.2/10

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Documentary
Overview

Talking is something that is unique to humans, yet it still remains a mystery. Horizon meets the scientists beginning to unlock the secrets of speech - including a father who is filming every second of his son's first three years in order to discover how we learn to talk, the autistic savant who can speak more than 20 languages, and the first scientist to identify a gene that makes speech possible. Horizon also hears from the godfather of linguistics, Noam Chomsky, the first to suggest that our ability to talk is innate. A unique experiment shows how a new alien language can emerge in just one afternoon, in a bid to understand where language comes from and why it is the way it is.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
BBC
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date April 9, 2010
Status Released
Language EN

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