thories about origin og language
Theories of the Origin of Language When did language begin ?How ?,But the most important question here is how did they devise the language? .In fact, there is no evidence or that but there are a lot of discussion, theories and issues about this . many societies and religions believe that the language is the gift from God. According to Judeo-Christian beliefs, the one deity gave Adam the power to name all things. Similar beliefs are found in Egyptians and others around the world .The others believe that the earliest form of language was imitative, or echoic . They say that human inherited or learned some vocalization from ancestors and create or developed new system to acquire the language .another view states that A parallel view states that language at first consisted of emotional ejaculations of pain, fear, surprise, pleasure, anger, and so on. Here are four hypotheses that state that language began through some imitation of natural sounds or movements.
1-The "ding-dong" hypothesis: humans started naming objects and actions from sound related to it in real life. It states that the first human words were a kind of verbal icon .as an example use word boom for explosion. Some words in language are imitation of natural sounds associated with some object: Chinook Indian word for heart.
2-"pooh-pooh" hypothesis .it states that the first words came from expressions of dislike, hunger, pain, or pleasure. the first word would have been an involuntary ha-ha-ha, wa-wa-wa These began to be used to name the actions which caused these sounds.
3- "bow-wow" hypothesis it states that the vocabulary developed from imitations of animal noises, such as: Moo, bark, hiss, meow, quack-quack. In other words, the first human words were a type of index, a sign whose form is naturally connected with its meaning in time and space.
4- The Ta-Ta theory: It states that that speech came from the use of tongue and mouth gestures to mimic manual gestures. For
1-The "ding-dong" hypothesis: humans started naming objects and actions from sound related to it in real life. It states that the first human words were a kind of verbal icon .as an example use word boom for explosion. Some words in language are imitation of natural sounds associated with some object: Chinook Indian word for heart.
2-"pooh-pooh" hypothesis .it states that the first words came from expressions of dislike, hunger, pain, or pleasure. the first word would have been an involuntary ha-ha-ha, wa-wa-wa These began to be used to name the actions which caused these sounds.
3- "bow-wow" hypothesis it states that the vocabulary developed from imitations of animal noises, such as: Moo, bark, hiss, meow, quack-quack. In other words, the first human words were a type of index, a sign whose form is naturally connected with its meaning in time and space.
4- The Ta-Ta theory: It states that that speech came from the use of tongue and mouth gestures to mimic manual gestures. For