The Origins of Language Part I
In most religions, this believed to provide humans with language.
The Divine Source
Contains the vocal cords and is also called voice box.
Larynx
Human communication can refer to past and future time, and this property of human language
Displacement
The aspect of the relationship between linguistic signs and objects in the world is described
Arbitrariness
In control of organizing all these more complex physical parts potentially available for sound production.
The Human Brain
Theory that supports the idea of words that have pronunciations that seem to echo naturally occurring sounds.
Bow-wow Theory
A limiting feature of animal communication
Fixed Reference
The process of a language passed on from one generation to the next.
Cultural Transmission
Primitive words could have been imitations of the __________.
Natural Sounds
Acts as a resonator for increased range and clarity of the sounds produced via the larynx.
Pharynx
The researchers who raised a chimpanzee together with an infant.
Luella and Winthrop Kellog
The chimpanzee who was able to produce poorly articulated words, like, mama, papa, and cup.
Viki
There are three functions of language, name one.
Ideational
Interpersonal
Textual
Sounds of a person involved in physical effort could be the source of our language, especially when that physical effort involved several people and has to be coordinated.
Yo-He-Ho Theory
What did Washoe learn as a language medium?
ASL or American Sign Language
The chimpanzee that became capable of using the symbol system to ask to watch his favorite movies.
Kanzi