Chapter 1 The study of language
Bow-wow theory - correct answer-The idea that early human speech developed from
imitations of natural sounds in the environment
buzz
bang
boom
rattle
Pooh-pooh theory - correct answer-The idea that early human speech developed from the
instinctive sounds people make in emotional circumstances
ah
oh
phew
wow
yuck
Larynx - correct answer-The part of the throat that contains the vocal folds, also called voice
box
Pharynx - correct answer-The area inside the throat above the Larynx
The social Interaction Source - correct answer-Yo-he-ho theory -The idea is that the sounds
of a person involved in physical effort could be the source of our language.
Charles Darwin's vision of the origins of language - correct answer-early humans had
already developed musical ability prior to language and were using it "to charm each other".
Human language - correct answer-must have developed between 100,000 and 50,000 years
ago, well before written language ( about 5,000 years ago).
The divine source - correct answer-- In most religions: divine source ( goddelijke bron)
provides humans with language
- Genesis 2:19: God created Adam and 'whatsoever Adam called every living creature that
was the name thereof'(daarvan)
- Divine source also explains language variance (Babel, Genesis 11:4-9)
- Hindu: Language comes from goddess Sarasvati, wife of Brahma, creator of the universe
Experiments divine source - correct answer-1. Egyptian pharaoh named Psammetichus (600
B.C) two new-born infants 2,500 years ago. After two years of isolation except from the
company of goats and a mute shepherd.
Phrygian word ( modern Turkey): bekos (meaning bread)- kos was added in the Greek
version of the story. Removing -kos. DO you hear 'be'? ( like a goat)
Bow-wow theory - correct answer-The idea that early human speech developed from
imitations of natural sounds in the environment
buzz
bang
boom
rattle
Pooh-pooh theory - correct answer-The idea that early human speech developed from the
instinctive sounds people make in emotional circumstances
ah
oh
phew
wow
yuck
Larynx - correct answer-The part of the throat that contains the vocal folds, also called voice
box
Pharynx - correct answer-The area inside the throat above the Larynx
The social Interaction Source - correct answer-Yo-he-ho theory -The idea is that the sounds
of a person involved in physical effort could be the source of our language.
Charles Darwin's vision of the origins of language - correct answer-early humans had
already developed musical ability prior to language and were using it "to charm each other".
Human language - correct answer-must have developed between 100,000 and 50,000 years
ago, well before written language ( about 5,000 years ago).
The divine source - correct answer-- In most religions: divine source ( goddelijke bron)
provides humans with language
- Genesis 2:19: God created Adam and 'whatsoever Adam called every living creature that
was the name thereof'(daarvan)
- Divine source also explains language variance (Babel, Genesis 11:4-9)
- Hindu: Language comes from goddess Sarasvati, wife of Brahma, creator of the universe
Experiments divine source - correct answer-1. Egyptian pharaoh named Psammetichus (600
B.C) two new-born infants 2,500 years ago. After two years of isolation except from the
company of goats and a mute shepherd.
Phrygian word ( modern Turkey): bekos (meaning bread)- kos was added in the Greek
version of the story. Removing -kos. DO you hear 'be'? ( like a goat)
