Forbes editor David Ewalt emails a pointer at a new special feature on forbes.com:
Forbes.com just published a special report on “Communicating” and it features a bunch of interesting items about linguistics, language, and communication in general.
Noam Chomsky weighs in on the spontaneous invention of language, why it’s easier for kids to learn languages, and provides an audio clip on the origins of language.
Stephen Pinker’s in there too, discussing why we have language and and there’s an audio clip of him on what we don’t know about language.
Lots of cool other stuff too, including Carl Zimmer’s essay titled “Can Chimps Talk?”, and two essays from legendary zoologist Jane Goodall; one called “Why Words Hurt”.
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