Study of Civilization
“Emerge of the Language”
Tutor:
M.C. Edgar Karim Audelo Sandoval
Team B:
Fierro Lizarraga Hector
Ibon Castellon Guillermo
Lopez Vega Claudia Cristina
December 2011
Introduction.
The term language has not a unique definition. It can be defined as the form that humans use communicates each other. This communication can be oral, written or by the use of signs. The language in any of its forms will help us to express or communicate what we feel or think. All social animals communicate with each other, from bees and ants to whales and apes, but only humans have developed a language which is more than a set of prearranged signals. There are many theories about the origin of language. The Bible is the first example of the endeavors to uncover the origin of human language. According to it, Adam received the ability to speak from God and "whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof" (Genesis 2:19). In most major religions seems to be the Almighty who blesses mankind with means of communication.
Apart from the divine source theories, there are several hypotheses which attempted to explain the emergence of speech on the basis of sound imitation, or unintentional sound production. Although they seem more persuasive, they fail to answer many questions and therefore are mere speculations.
According to the human evolutions there are studies of ear bones that Neanderthal humans from 500,000 – 350, 000 years BC may have evolved, because they were physiologically capable of producing sounds similar to modern humans, meaning the beginning of the human spoken language, There is still considerable debate as to whether language developed gradually over thousands of years or whether it appeared suddenly.
Spoken Language existed long before writing, but probably this mean the most important step in the development of the human language, writing system seems to coincide with the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to more permanent agrarian encampments when it became necessary to count ones property. We see the first evidence for this with incised "counting tokens" about 9,000 years ago in the Neolithic Fertile Crescent. Around 4100-3800 BCE, the tokens began to be symbols that could be impressed or inscribed in clay to represent a record of land, grain or cattle and a written language was beginning to develop. One of the earliest examples was found in the excavations of Uruk in Mesopotamia at a level representing the time of the crystallization of the Sumerian culture.
Nowadays there are around to 4000 – 6000 languages spoken around the world but certainly the most puzzling is the origins of human language will perhaps remain forever obscure, because there not theories which probed totally when and how emerged the human language.
Conclusion
The language is able to operate; due to the different brain functions. These functions are related with the linguistic memory and human intelligence. The main difference between animals and humans language is; that humans think what they feel or want to express. Animals communicate only by instincts.
The language in humans begins before birth. He or she can listen and feel his/her mothers, feelings, emotions and how she communicates. Researchers haven’t found a mother tongue for the idioms. Some experts’ think that the language start as a consequence of visual or auditive sensations. Other theorists’ think that the language come after natural evolution and with the human needs. Another theory mention that language comes as a part of the brain, so according to this language will be developed with the humans interactions and education.
Language is a very important part of our daily lives. It is the way in which human beings communicate, not only with our voice but also with gestures and written symbols. Even though people have made up interesting theories about its origin nobody knows exactly where it comes from and nothing has been totally confirmed. We need to communicate and I think that´s why languages exist. There are many languages around the world. Some of them have already disappeared, some others will still keep on disappearing and others will emerge.
The human is a human skill, which is on constant evolution depending on human needs. So according to this; we can affirm that all the languages are not totally complete. This is because everything is on evolution and so is the language.
References
· Origin of language, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 3 December 2011
· Language, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2 December 2011
· The Origins of Language, GREY, D S., 2011
· The History of writing, Jack Kilmon's Web Page. October 8, 1997
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