Origins of language

Origins of language

1. There are many theories about the origins of language.

   • The ding-dong theory.
     • It is a relationship between sound and meaning.
       • Relationship between sounds and meaning favored by Plato and Pythagoras, maintains that speech arose in response to the essential qualities of objects in the environmental.
   • The hocus pocus theory.
     • Language may have had some roots in a sort of magical or religious aspect of our ancestors’ lives.
   • The mama theory
     • Language began with the easiest syllables attached to the most significant objects.
   • The ta-ta theory
     • Sir.Richard influenced by Darwin
       • Language began as an unconscious vocal imitation of movements.
         • This evolved into the popular idea that language may have derived from gestures.
   • The sing song theory
     • Danish Linguist Jesperson
       • Suggested the language comes out of play, laughter, courtships and emotional muttering.
   • The eureka theory
     • Language was invented some ancestor had the idea of assigning arbitrary sounds to mean certain things.
       • Water babies
         • It may help us understand the origins of language, if we take a look at what is sometimes called the Hardy- Morgan hypothesis.
       • Musical babies
         • Babies like music and mothers like to use a sort of sing-song speech, which babies like even more.
         • Babies begin to vocalize in very “ musical” ways , and often hum or sing in short or long “ phrases” with modulations.
   • The yo-he-ho theory
     • Language began as rhythmic chants calls for assistance or cooperation accompanied by appropriate gestures.
   • The hey you! Theory
     • Revesz suggested that we have always needed interpersonal contact.
       • This is more commonly called the contact theory.
   • The Pooh Pooh theory
     • This theory holds that speech began with interjections.
       • Spontaneous cries of pain, surprise, and other emotions.
   • The bow-wow theory
     • Language began as imitations of natural sounds.

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