I picked this video to post because it focuses on what I find really fascinating about language: it's evolution. It talks specifically about how language changes humans as a species.
This is a long video but it sure is interesting! (Twenty minutes is about ten minutes more than I expect anyone to sit through, so I understand if you want to jump through it.)
Again, I chose this video because it focuses on what I find so fascinating about language: how did it first come about, and how has it changed our lives as humans? I really wish it were possible to know what the first word ever spoken was.
I think Mark has a very valid point. We reached a point in human evolution where we needed a standard for communication. Language is then born.
If the video hadn't been so long, I would have looked for the video of closest relation and just kept going! I think I'm going to be posting plenty of videos from TED Talks.
Language not only affects the world, it is the world in a sense. Can you understand something you can't communicate? I say no. So language is our world in the sense that everything understandable for us is within the sphere of our language.
Wow this is so interesting! I love how he delivers so that we can actually understand how incredible language is. It makes sense that language evolved so human beings could work together and cooperate rather than steal each other's ideas just by being visual. And the fact that children can cry and get what they want by making noises that others respond to is something that we don't often think about. All of this was evolved through the years and make humans different from animals.
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