Linguists and biologists in 2015 created two more theories that are related to the emergence of human language, supposedly descended from "an animal." Shigeru Miyagawa connects the emergence of human language with the merger of the two systems, the first - expressive (like singing birds), the second - lexical (cries of monkeys, who warned of the dangers). Other authors came another suggestion, even though that is quite difficult to construct sentences (syntax), this skill appeared much earlier than phonology, ie the ability to make meaningful phrases of the sounds.
Language is one of the important tools that produce kind of Homo sapiens. Where a language come from? Question of origin of language is constantly excites the minds of scientists, the debate underway since ancient times. Versions were so many that the Linguistic Society of Paris in 1866, was banned any debate on this topic. Because any hypothesis scientists was not able to prove, while too much time were spent on the discussion.
Consequence of the evolution or macro-mutation?
In the past century, scientists have renewed debate. Scientists have conducted discussions on the subject of whether the syntax and grammar of the human brain is built, or it may be encoded on the gene level? Maybe it has arisen due to macro-mutation? Or is it that the phenomenon of language evolution, which developed as a result of complications of labor? What was first: gestures or sounds ? Findings of archaeologists can not yet prove anything. The soft tissues of the oral cavity by using with a person makes sounds, and the larynx, which is lower than that of primates, allows a person to say at a time a few sounds. Clear is the only one that human speech came about 200-40 million years ago.
The main factors that influenced the formation of speech are:
- Co-evolution of the brain, ear and throat, which were able to adjust to intelligible speech;
- Movement of human ancestors from the tropics in the savannah;
- The transition to an omnivorous diet, which resulted in the need to quickly exchange information.
But scientists continue to build new theories, write essays and researches, and a food for research is the "language" of animals, which is also characterized by complexity. There is paradoxical coincidence between the human and animal languages.
Language - a symbiosis of informativeness and expression
Professor of linguistics and journalism at MIT Shigeru Miyagawa has suggested idea, which corresponds to Darwin's theory. He believes that the "mysterious" language emergence occurred about 100 thousand years ago. Origin of language called the meeting of the two tools for communication that have already been present in the animal world.
It was expressive feature and lexical. Bright idea of the expressive boundaries give us the birds singing and warbling, which convey the internal state of the animal. Sounds do not carry any meaning, if they are disassembled separately. Lexical system used by bees, using the "dancing" to specify the path to the desired object. In primates - signs that can be considered analogous to our words, for example, monkeys can describe other animals with the gestures.
The symbiosis of systems along with grammar, most likely, has became a "parent" of human language. The man was able to speak about the world and the language, gradually creating new values. Precisely the ability to create new values distinguishes man from animals.
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