What precisely is language, and how did humans acquire it? In an effort to answer those essential questions, this program journeys back to prehistoric times in search of language’s origin. But this is not a passive discussion, as Noam Chomsky; Brown University’s Philip Lieberman; Johanna Nichols, of U.C. Berkeley; Stanford University’s Merritt Ruhlen; professor of anthropology Richard Klein; Nobel physicist Murray Gell-Mann; and others passionately defend their points of view. Additional topics include distinguishing features of human communication and what humankind’s first utterances may have been. The early evolution and migration of humans is also considered.

Films Media Group

Historical linguistics, Language and languages -- Origin, Communication -- History., Nostratic hypothesis, Language acquisition

Chomsky, Noam (Commentator), Barua, Stan (Director of photography), Soarles, Loo Michael (Editor), Quan, Donald (Composer), Browne, Christene (Producer), Browne, Christene (Director), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor)

00:50:42 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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