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Apr 18, 2019 · Presentation PDF Available. The Origins of Language. April 2019. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20696.14080. Authors: Israa Burhanuddin Abdurrahman. Tikrit University. Citations (1) Abstract. We...
assume that a language is only a set of words used as “names” for things. The “pooh-pooh” theory Another of Jespersen’s nicknames was the “pooh-pooh” theory, which proposed that speech developed from the instinctive sounds people make in emotional circum-stances. That is, the original sounds of language may have come from natural ...
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1 From cognition to language The correct theory of evolution of language, in my opinion, is this: language evolved from animal cognition not from animal communication. Here lies the continuity. Language grew out of cognitive systems already in existence and working: it formed a communicative bridge between already-cognitive animals.
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- The Bow-Wow Theory
- The Ding-Dong Theory
- The La-La Theory
- The Pooh-Pooh Theory
- The Yo-He-Ho Theory
According to this theory, language began when our ancestors started imitating the natural sounds around them. The first speech was onomatopoeic—marked by echoic words such as moo, meow, splash, cuckoo, and bang.
This theory, favored by Plato and Pythagoras, maintains that speech arose in response to the essential qualities of objects in the environment. The original sounds people made were supposedly in harmony with the world around them.
The Danish linguist Otto Jespersen suggested that language may have developed from sounds associated with love, play, and (especially) song.
This theory holds that speech began with interjections—spontaneous cries of pain ("Ouch!"), surprise ("Oh!"), and other emotions ("Yabba dabba do!").
According to this theory, language evolved from the grunts, groans, and snorts evoked by heavy physical labor.
The Origin of Language Naoki ARAKI* (Received Oct. 31, 2017) Abstract There have been a lot of discussions of the origin of language. Some people think that the origin of words is onomatopoeias. Meanwhile, according to expressive theories, the origin of words and lan-guage is the innate cries of pain or pleasure produced by nonhuman animals.
May 2, 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.
