Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

129: They Started It: Children and Language Evolution (with Madeleine Beekman)

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We've asked linguists about how language began, but what would an evolutionary biologist tell you? Prof Madeleine Beekman says it's part of a complex web of body, brain, and community, and at the heart of it is (perhaps surprisingly) childcare. Madeleine is the author of The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why.

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  • Cold open: 0:00
  • Intros: 0:42
  • News: 9:07
  • Related or Not: 30:02
  • Interview with Madeleine Beekman: 49:43
  • Words of the Week: 1:40:49
  • Comments: 2:01:30
  • The Reads: 2:08:07
  • Outtakes: 2:17:38
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