Tower of Babel vs Linguistics - the quest for the first language
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Why it's on BrighterTube
Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Lazyt3ch/awesome-youtube · 86% confidenceNativLang is an animated linguistics channel known for careful sourcing (it lists references) and for showing how linguists know what they claim; a good lesson in the limits of evidence in historical linguistics.
What you'll learn
Why linguists can't reconstruct the first human language, and what the comparative method can and can't reach.
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Part of Animating a world of stories - languages and cultures
Go deeper
- The Language Instinct, Steven PinkerA lively case that language is part of human nature
- The Unfolding of Language, Guy DeutscherHow languages are born, change and grow complex
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