Theories of the origin of the language.

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Mind Map on Theories of the origin of the language., created by Itzia Sandoval Glez. on 15/08/2017.
Itzia Sandoval Glez.
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Theories of the origin of the language.
  1. The Divine Source
    1. The language is given to the human being by God or a divine divinity.
    2. The Nature Sound Source
      1. The first primitive words were made through the imitations of the natural sounds that the human being listened to around him.
          1. Onomatopoeia
      2. The Social Interaction Source
        1. Language develops in a social context.
        2. The Physical adaptation source
          1. As the body is evolving, language is also evolving / changing at the same time.
          2. The Tool-making source
            1. The tool-making involved the ability to take two, let's say rocks, and put them together to create something. The same ability may have been used to put sounds together to create a new tool - language.
            2. The Genetic source
              1. It is thought that a crucial mutation that took place over a short period caused a genetic change that made it possible for humans to create a language.
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