Where We Live: The Secret Lives of Languages

Language, it's a topic that linguist David Crystal has called "the Mt. Everest of subjects."  That's why he's written a little book.  A Little Book of Language, that is.  It's out new from Yale University Press and today we'll get a peek inside.

We'll talk about the origins of spoken language, about how languages take hold, and about how they die out.  It's actually estimated that half of the languages spoken in the world today will disappear in the next 100 years.  We'll talk about why that matters and what we can do about it.  Also--why do we talk to babies the way we do and how does it help them learn their mother tongue?  How will language change in the future.  All those questions and yours, answered by world renowned linguist David Cristal.

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