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Evolution's great mystery: Language

Michael Corballis · TED

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About

What we call language is something more specific than communication. Language is about sharing what's in our minds: stories, opinions, questions, the past or future, imagined times or places, ideas. It is fundamentally open-ended, and can be used to say an unlimited number of things. So what does language mean for humanity, and how did we come to have it? Michael Corballis investigates. [Directed by Biljana Labovic, narrated by Addison Anderson].

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Michael Corballis
Year
2020
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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