U4 L1 Origin Of Languages

Question 1

What was the story that Herodotus told that tells the origin of language?

Answer 1

• King Psammetichos of Egypt wanted to see of Egyptians of Phrygians were the older race
• two children raised isolated from speech
• one child said ‘bekos’ which is bread in Phrygian
• so Phrygian was decided to be older

Question 2

In 1859, what was the name of the book that Darwin published? And what was it about?

Answer 2

• The Origin of Species

- most comprehensive argument for theory of evolution

Question 3

What did Darwin’s theory of evolution state?

Answer 3

• man and apes descended from a similar ancestor
• Only man developed language because of their larger brain size
• but this is not sufficient evidence

Question 4

How do man’s brain compare to apes?

Answer 4

• specific cognitive skills and motor skills are located on a particular part of the brain
• Person right handed>left has those skills>right frontal lobe is the conscious forebrain
• angular gyrus

Question 5

What is lateralization and what is it responsible for?

Answer 5

• division of brain into independent halves

- responsible for ability to talk

Question 6

Where is the most vital use of language located in the brain?

Answer 6

• left hemisphere

- children who are brain damaged may have it on the right

Question 7

What is the angular gyrus?

Answer 7

Nerve center in the brain connecting: speech, visual and auditory centers ,and fine motor control

Question 8

What is one reason evolutionists feel that man talks and apes do not?

Answer 8

• limbic system

- its activity explains ability to form words

Question 9

What is the limbic system?

Answer 9

• group of connected neural structures in the cortex of the human brain
• older than the cerebral cortex
• controls motivation, emotions, other primitive functions

Question 10

What are the three hypotheses that Evolutionists in the 19th century presented regarding the genesis of human language?

Answer 10

1- first words man spoke were imitations of animals
2- first words were interjections
3- rhythmic chants

Question 11

What is the god that the Andean tribes of South America believe to be the creator of the Incas?

Answer 11

Viracocha

Question 12

What did Andean legend state?

Answer 12

• first people on earth were giants and were destroyed by flood
• Viracocha created better men
• he wandered South America established social and moral order

Question 13

What did Scandinavians of Viking times believe language to be?

Answer 13

gift from gods

Question 14

According to Norwegian legends, which god suggested that they make man?

Answer 14

Odin

Question 15

According to Norwegian legends, what were man and woman created from?

Answer 15

ash and elm trees

Question 16

According to Norwegian legends, what were the first man and woman called?

Answer 16

Ash and Embla

Question 17

Did the Father, Son and Holy Spirit communicate through words?

Answer 17

impossible to say

Question 18

How did Adam communicate with God?

Answer 18

• he was given the gift of speech and power to invent words

- demonstrated when he named the animals

Question 19

Does the Bible state that speech was a gift from God?

Answer 19

no

Question 20

According to Webster, which languages were older than the Hebrews?

Answer 20

Sodom and Gomorrah

Question 21

What did the English language develop form?

Answer 21

• Germanic

- Germanic was developed from Indo-European

Question 22

What was the language that the New Testament was written in?

Answer 22

Koine Greek

Question 23

What was the language of Athens?

Answer 23

• Attic

- considered most versatile and expressive language

Question 24

What was the language of Thebes?

Answer 24

Boeotian dialect, Achaean

Question 25

What was the language of the Spartans?

Answer 25

West Greek, Doric

Question 26

What is lingua franca?

Answer 26

common tongue

Question 27

What were the 3 languages that the people of Palestine spoke at the time of Christ?

Answer 27

Latin: conquerors
Koine: universal
Aramaic: fathers