THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE

03 May 2011

Looking Past the Point of Origin: The Future of Language and Its Evolutionary Implications

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“Language is the most accessible part of the mind. People want to know about language because they hope this knowledge will lead to insi...
20 April 2011

From the Desk of MIT Linguistics Professor Noam Chomsky: Theories on the Origins of Language

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From Steven Pinker’s The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language ( print source ) Chapter 4: “How Language Works” There are two fa...
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05 April 2011

Ding-Dong, Pooh-Pooh, Bow-Wow and Ta-Ta: An Overview of Different Theories on Language Origins

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Some believe that language is a divine gift given to humans by God, while others argue that language is simply the product of many years o...
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01 March 2011

Language Genes: A Look at FOXP2, ASPM and Microcephalin

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From National Geographic : “Neanderthals Had Same ‘Language Gene’ as Modern Humans” From the point of this gene, there is no reason to thin...
15 February 2011

On the Origins of Language: A Brief Introduction to Past and Present Evolution

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Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.                                                                  ...
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The Origins of Language
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This blog was created for ANTH 153: Human Origins, an introductory physical anthropology course taught by Jalh Dulanto at DePauw University. Our goal is to better educate our readers on the origins of language using a variety of media.
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