Talking is something most people do with such ease. We barely notice we are doing it, let alone stop to think how the brain processes the 370 million words an average person says in their lifetime.
Yet a complex sequence of thoughts, movements and actions lie behind each and every word we utter. And as adults, we speak 15,000 words every day.
So where does language come from, how did this ability evolve and is it something we are born with or something we learn?
The BBC News Magazine looks at how language develops and evolves.….continue reading
Horizon: Why Do We Talk?is broadcast on BBC Two at 2100 GMT on Tuesday, 10 November
UK Residents can watch it on iPlayer
Source: BBC Magazine
