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Since dolphins don’t speak English, there had to be another way of communicating with them, one researcher decided. At the dawn of dolphin-research, he even tried psychoactive drugs, on himself, not the animals; much to the chagrin of his peers ... He believed that cetaceans really had superhuman intelligence and was out to prove it.
Language is not only a way for people to link up and communicate, for it also can act as a divider. But how can you twist a language so that only certain people understand what you are saying? Actually, it’s quite easy. This article is about a new way to fracture French, which locals use to mark their own in-group. For "speakers," this "language" clearly separates the "ins" from the "outs."
When watching a newborn baby’s first instinctive exploration of the world around it, have you ever thought to wonder how an infant’s inarticulate vocalizations turn into real language so quickly?