1. Which is the 'trick' (process) that enables us to communicate something to others?


The tool that enables us to communicate with others, the process that is unique to humans and make us what we are is language.


2. Do animals talk? If not, What do they do to communicate?


Talking is an ability unique to humans. Animals can`t talk, although  they still can communicate  by sounds.


3. What do we express when we talk?


We express our thoughts through language, we can express what we think or feel, we express our needs also.




4. What did Dr Deb Roy try to achieve in his house?


Dr. Deb Roy make an experiment on his house installing cameras everywhere filming 24 hours a day. He uses his own baby son as his test subject. His objective was to discover how do you humans learn to speak.


5. Which are the earliest stages in language for a child?


A baby first stage of language is bubbling, then quickly he began to use single words to express needs.




6. What external and internal factors made the data recollected in the experiment into something they could use?




7. How did the parent's speech change from their son's first word until he could utter more complex structures?


The parent`s unconsciously and essentially simplifies there language in order to help and reinforce the baby`s learning process to speak. As the baby grow`s and develops its language, the parent`s begin to gradually use more complex sentences and words in order to keep helping the baby to learn how to speak properly. Basically parents act as teachers of babys in the language  learning process.


8. What does Dr Deb Roy compare the "blossoming" of a speech form?


Dr. Deb Roy  compares the blossoming of a flower  to the blossoming of a speech form to express how slowly and consistently  the baby star to incorporate a new word and how he star approaching the correct form until he make it, just like a blossoming flower