The Origins Of Language Flashcards
1
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onomatopoeia
onomatopoeic
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Words containing sounds similar to the noises they describe (e.g bang, cuckoo)
2
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Bow - wow theory
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The idea that early human speech developed from imitations for natural sounds in the environment
3
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Pooh - pooh theory
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The idea that early human speech developed from the instinctive sounds people make in emotional circumstances
4
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Larynx
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The part of the throats that contains the vocal folds, also called the voice box
5
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Pharynx
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The area inside the throats above the larynx
6
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Innateness hypothesis
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The idea that humans are genetically equipped to aquire language
7
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When did written language developed ?
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Written language developed about 5,000 years ago
