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The birth of a language

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22:53 | Jun 24th, 2020

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In 1986, Nicaraguan officials invited American linguist Judy Shepard-Kegl to observe a group of Deaf children. The kids were using an unrecognizable signing system. Over the following years, Shepard-K...Show More



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mm recommended:Aug 14th, 2020

Language is constantly changing and morphing because it's actually defined by youngest of all of us, not the oldest! Isn't that such a radical way to think about how language evolves?!?

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