ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Bipedalism, Mughal Emperors, Onomatopoeia
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Chapter 1 (the origins of language) speculation of charles darwin: Early humans had already developed musical ability prior to language and were using it to "charm each other" we don"t know how language originated. Simple vocal patterning (all mammals, isn"t human language) Must have developed 100. 000 and 50. 000 years ago (before written language: 5. 000 years ago) The basic hypothesis seems to have been that, if human infants were allowed to grow up without hearing any language around them, then they would spontaneously begin using the original god-given language. Adam / sarasvati (wife of brahma) => christ. Examples for experiments: psamtik, king james the fourth of scotland, mogul emperor akbar the great, victor (wild boy, france), genie (amerika) The natural sound source: the human auditory system is already functioning before birth (ca. Primitive words derive from imitations of the natural sounds they heard around them.
