Intro to language

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Divine Source
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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only have trivial representation

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Primitive words

Card 3

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Early humans imitated noises of animals/things and referred to them by using this noise. Evidence: onomatopoeic words

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Card 4

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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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Card 5

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Divided into a left and right handside, with control of functions one one side or the other.

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