Episode 1048
From sounds to syntax: The science of language
The intricacies of human expression go under our microscope...
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
May 14, 202432m 36s
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Show Notes
Linguistics - the scientific study of language - is our topic for today. Chris Smith learns about the potential origins of human language with David Crystal, and how we assimilate vocal sounds into sentence structures with the University of Cambridge's Mirjana Boziv. Then, a fascinating finding about the way apes layer their communication is described by Adriano Lameira, before Cambridge's Regina Karousou Fokas gives Chris a lesson in Greek... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
David CrystallanguageMirjana BozicneurolinguisticsAdriano Lameiraape communicationRegina Karousou FokasGreek lesson