TY - BOOK AU - Budgell,Gill AU - Halford,Katy TI - Language Around The World SN - 9780744080063 U1 - 400 23 KW - Language KW - Letters, Sounds and Symbols KW - Culture and Identity N1 - Also on cover: Ways We Communicate out Thoughts and Feelings; Who We Are Where We Are in Place & Time How We Express Ourselves How We Organize Ourselves N2 - "Humans' use of language is one of our distinguishing features. Language allows us to communicate what we think, what we want, what we feel, and what we have learned. Some 100,000 years ago, humans began speaking. Since then, we have developed nearly 7000 languages. Languages are living things; they evolve and change over time. Discover fascinating facts about communication in all its forms, from around the world and over time." ER -