Origins of Language Flashcards
The notion that language evolved not from animal cries but from what?
Manual and facial gestures
In this theory, the language emerges from the people who speak unexpectedly because of extreme emotions.
• Pooh - Pooh Theory
In this theory, the grunts from the people who do the physical long work
• Yo - He - Ho Theory
In this theory, the sounds from metal objects fallings and nature itself.
• Bow - wow Theory
What are the five pieces of evidence that Michael Corbillis has used to support his notion?
Evidence from anthropology, animal behavior, neurology, molecular biology, anatomy, linguistics, and evolutionary psychology.
How did language developed, according to Michael Corbillis?
Michael Corballis makes the case that language developed, with the emergence of Homo sapiens, from primate gestures to a true signed language, complete with grammar and syntax and at best punctuated with grunts and other vocalizations.
When did autonomous speech appear?
50,000 years ago—much later than generally believed.
And he asserts that speech, like written language, was a?
What did Michael Corbillis assert here in this speech.
Cultural Invention
and not a biological faith accomplish for years to come.
In his book, English Plain and Simple, Carillo (2003) asserts that Humanity had come up with an estimated what?
6,800 spoken languages over the century
How many of the 6,800 spoken languages are put into writing?
1,000/ a thousand language
How many of the 6,800 spoken languages are put into writing?
1,000/ a thousand language
What did the speaker relied on to perpetuate their beliefs, literature and culture.
Oral Tradition
How many of the 6,800 languages are expected to die in the following century?
3,000
Among the 3,000 languages that are estimated to die, who among those is expected to be?
250 aboriginal Australian languages, the 1,000 American Indian languages, and perhaps 160 of the 169 languages native to the Philippines
Who is the author of the book, “English Plain and Simple”?
Carillo (2003)
