the origin of language, suggested started by some religious source
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Primitive words
only have trivial representation
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Bow-Wow Theory
Early humans imitated noises of animals/things and referred to them by using this noise. Evidence: onomatopoeic words
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Pooh-Pooh Theory
Speech developed from instinctive sounds people make from emotional situations. Expressive noises people make in emotional reactions are not used in speech production (so unlikely source of lang)
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Lateralized
Divided into a left and right handside, with control of functions one one side or the other.
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Innateness Hypothesis
Idea- humans genetically equipped to acquire language
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Card 2
Front
only have trivial representation
Back
Primitive words
Card 3
Front
Early humans imitated noises of animals/things and referred to them by using this noise. Evidence: onomatopoeic words
Back
Card 4
Front
Speech developed from instinctive sounds people make from emotional situations. Expressive noises people make in emotional reactions are not used in speech production (so unlikely source of lang)
Back
Card 5
Front
Divided into a left and right handside, with control of functions one one side or the other.
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