LINA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fingerspelling, Homo Sapiens, Soft Palate
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Versatile: for talking, thinking, reading, writing & listening. Pt of soc. structure of human communities. Way through which literature and poetry is expressed. Every normal human being as min. one lang they can speak. W/out it, not much impt soc, intellectural or artistic activity would occur. Abilities & adaptations that have made it possible for humans to create & use lang. Originated approx 100k-200k yrs ago early humans. Anatomically similar to contemporary humans by having. Arachaeological evidence suggests that they possessed type of intellect that lang would have come along w/ Are endangered in that only 200-300 speakers, and others are at even greater risk at becoming extinct b/c of native ppl thro. out the world are losing their traditional cultures & homelands p2. After 100s of 1000s of yrs, this created a special capability for lang in humans that is not discovered in any other species.
