that's what the experts at the leipzig research center for early childhood development want to explore using real life specimens. we know relatively little about the roots of the language we use today because we can't travel back in time so we have to rely on finding alternative languages that we can study i'm sure you can. sign language for example examining it in depth can provide the researchers with some interesting insights. into t. crossed interest in sign language can be understood instinctively. it's pretty clear that we could communicate and express ourselves using sign language quite easily so it was a good starting point for us one thing we wanted to find out for example was even if they can't speak or if they can't use the language they know. what can children intuitively do to communicate with a playmate say pop and be interested in. the researchers there for exam and how