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17 Cards in this Set
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3 Main origin theories |
Back (Definition) Divine Creation Natural evolution Invention/imitation hypotheses |
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Divine creation |
Gift of a God to humans |
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Necessity Theories |
Warning hypothesis “Yo-he-ho” hypothesis lying hypothesis |
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Natural Evolution Hypothesis |
Humans evolved a Language Acquisition Device. From gestures to genetic mutation of produce sounds |
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Physical Adaptation |
Larynx - Voice box Vocal cordz Pharynx - above vocal cordz a chamber |
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Innatenness Hypothesis |
States that humans are all pre-wired to speak or sign languages |
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Language Age and Origins |
150,000 - 50,000 Monogenisis- originated from one place Africa Polygenisis- originated in multiple places |
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Ding - Dong hypothesis |
Humans named objects, actions and objects - sounds associated with it. Tun tun - heart |
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Bow wow hypothesis |
Vocabulary From animal noises Meow, Moo |
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Onomatopoeia |
Literally, name-sound, the imitation of a sound in naming Drawback - limited vocabulary, different language to language |
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Pooh-Pooh Hypothesis |
Words derived from hunger, pain, dislike, pleasure Ha-ha-ha, also differ from language to language |
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Ta-Ta |
Darwins- the sort of mouth pantomime - the mouth, the lips, the tongue, and vocal cords were used to imitate the gestures of the hand |
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Necessity, warning hypothesis |
Language evolved from the warning signals used by animals . Help! runaway! |
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Necessity, Yo he ho |
Language developed from human cooperation. Ex. Moving great stone |
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Necessity, Lying Theories |
Voluntarily communication must have been invented in order to lie or deceive |
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Gossip |
Was born as telling stories, gossip |
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Phonetics |
Relationship between sound and spelling IPA Consonants and Vowels |
