Anthropology 1020E Lecture : Linguistic Anthropology Notes 2012.docx
7 Dec 2012
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Language has developed alone with evolution as a species. Language is essential to out development of knowledge, technology, society, and survival. Vocal-auditory channel can just talk while other things would disadvantage this move. Putting sounds together to get words with meanings. Finite number of meaningless sounds gives way to an infinite number of words/meanings. Displacement not in our immediate context. Reflexiveness can talk about out own language with our language. Human characteristics related to evolution of language. Polygenesis: merging different ways of languages at different times. Mark pagel: how has language transformed society? (video@3:19) Not all language is verbal or oral. Human language uses a combination of verbal and nonverbal communication. Human capacity for social learning gave us an advantage over other species. Language evolved us to solve the crisis of visual theft. Language is a piece of social technology for enhancing the benefits of cooperation. Human communicative gestures that are independent of culture and language, universal.
