This book on language is one of a series which looks at the quest for scientific solutions to the mysterious, unanswered questions which surround us in our everyday lives. The book explains how people have sought to explain the mystery of language, throughout history and across different cultures. It examines the recent advances in language research and the thought-provoking conclusions they suggest: that humans are uniquely able to learn language, that we are born with the special ability to learn and invent grammar, and that all the world's languages are descended from one ancestral language. Lesley Newson has also written "Dealing with Dirt and Meatballs and Molecules".
- ISBN10 071364026X
- ISBN13 9780713640267
- Publish Date 29 March 1996
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 22 June 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint A & C Black (Childrens books)
- Format Paperback
- Pages 32
- Language English