The Story of Human Language
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781565859470 (1565859472)
Publish date: January 1st 2004
Publisher: Teaching Company
Edition language: English
Human language is a fascinating subject. We don't appreciate how complex language speaking skills are until we try to learn a new language as adults. It's one thing that children can do better than adults. Brain studies suggest that human brains are uniquely programmed to use language, and childr...
I love linguistics and I like John McWhorter (highly recommended: The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language) so this audio-book series from one of those "teaching courses" fitted my needs exactly - to wit, something to listen to on the way to and from work.The first 12 lectures (the first vo...