The Origins of Language

How did we get from animal vocalization( barks, howls, calls) to human language
1. When did language begin
  1. At the very beginning of the genus homo. 125,000 years ago
  2. There are many theories about the origins of language
    1. Many of these have traditional names
      1. invented by (Max muller and George Romanes) a century ago.
      2. 1. The mama theory
        Easiest syllabes
        Attached to the most significant objects
      3. 2. The ta-ta theory
        Language may have derived from gestures
        Vocal imitation of movements
      4. 4. the pooh-pooh theory
        Began witth interjections
        Instictive emotive cries, like oh! for surprise and ouch! for pain
      5. 3. The bow-wow theory
        imitation of natural sounds
        moo, choo choo, crash, clang, buzz, bang
      6. 5. the ding-dong theory
        correspondence between sounds and meaning
        sound symbolism
      7. 6. The yo-he-ho theory
        Language began as rhytmic chants
        words like cut, strike, break, crush
      8. 9. The hocus pocus theory
        language may have some roots in sort of magical or religious aspects from our ancestors
      9. 8. the hey you! theory
        We have always needed interpersonal contact
        Language began to signal both, identity (im here) and belonging (im with you)
        cry out in fear, anger or hurt
      10. 10. The Eureka Theory
        Language was invented
        Ancestors had the idea of assigning arbitrary sounds to mean certain things
      11. 7. the sing-song theory
        language comes out of play, laughter, cooing, courtship
Language
1. System of symbols
2. with levels of organization
  1. Phonetics ( the sounds).
  2. The syntax ( the grammar)
  3. Semantics (The meaning)

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