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12 sie 2021 · Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast prehistoric jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence must be assembled.
15 lis 2016 · We propose and define several new concepts under the categories of contact-based scenarios and non-contact based scenarios such as the autochthonous origin of languages, the spread of...
linguistic explanandum was the phylogenesis of language and Wundt set out to create a theory of microgenesis, the generation of words and sentences in the individual mind, to provide the theoretical foundation. Modern psychology of language began with a theory of ‘speaking’. The deep motivation for that theory
2 maj 2018 · Theories of language origin and evolution have been deeply influenced by this interdisciplinary discussion, making the notion of “action” a very important attractor in the theory space concerning how language emerged and evolved.
Second, we present four theories concerning the origins of language: the vocal theory, the gestural theory, the multimodal theory and the multicausal theory. We propose an evolutionary scenario for the origins of language.
interjectional and sound-imitative theories of the origin of speech. Definition of language. The psycho-physical basis of speech. Concepts and language. Is thought possible without language? Abbreviations and transfers of the speech process. The universality of language. 2. THE ELEMENTS OF SPEECH Sounds not properly elements of speech.
David McNeill challenges the popular “gesture-first” theory that language first emerged in a gesture-only form, and proposes a ground-breaking theory of the evolution of language which explains how speech and gesture became unified.
