Evolution of language

interaction-based theories

Lea Opravž (Author), Dunja Jutronić (Mentor)

Abstract

Pred nekaj leti se je v reviji Time pojavil članek z naslovom "Začetki človeštva". V tem članku je bila naslednja drzna trditev: "Med človekom in živalmi ni bistvenih razlik, ki bi ju ločile". Ampak dejstvo, ki ga podpirajo vsi raziskovalci teorije evolucije, se ne sklada s to trditvijo. Govor je značilen le za človeka. To je njegova tako pomembna značilnost, da se večkrat omenja kot najpomembnejša črta ločnica med ljudmi in živalmi. Philip Lieberman v svojem delu Eve Spoke prizna, da je: "Govor je tako pomemben koncept inteligence človeka, da ga enačimo s pojmom biti človek. Živali, ki govorijo, so ljudje, kajti dar govora je tisto, po čemer se razlikujemo od živali". Do četrtega leta starosti je večina ljudi sposobna verbalnega komuniciranja. Do šestega ali sedmega leta večina ljudi lahko tako razume kot izraža zapisano misel. Ta edinstvena sposobnost komuniciranja v prirojenem jeziku nas loči od živali. Pojavi se vprašanje, kje in kako smo pridobili to posebno oz. značilno sposobnost? Znanost, ki raziskuje evolucijo organizmov, ni bila sposobna razložiti izvora jezika. Prav zato, ker vemo, kako pomembna je ta značilnost za človeka, se sprašujemo, zakaj se ni razvila še pri ostalih živalskih vrstah. Tudi materialistične vede so neučinkovite pri razlagi, kako se je pojavil jezik in zakaj imamo toliko različnih jezikov. Jezikoslovna raziskovanja v povezavi z nevrološkimi študijami so pokazala, da je človeški govor zelo odvisen od dela živčnega sistema, ki se nahaja v naših možganih. Obstaja skupina znanstvenikov, ki so postavili teorijo zasnovano na interakciji, ki odgovori na skoraj vsa zgoraj zastavljena vprašanja.

Keywords

jezik;komunikacija;Teorija zasnovana na interakciji;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2010
Source:	Maribor
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[L. Opravž]
UDC:	80/81(043.2)
COBISS:	17793288
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE: INTERACTION-BASED THEORIES
Secondary abstract:	A couple of years ago, an article appeared in the Time magazine titled "How man began". There was a following bold assertion in that article: "No single, essential difference separates human beings from other animals". But, in what is obviously a contradiction to such a statement, all evolutionists admit that communication by speech is uniquely humans' so much so that it is often used as the singular, and most important, dividing line between humans and animals. In his book, Eve Spoke, evolutionist Philip Lieberman admitted: "Speech is so essential to our concept of intelligence that its possession is virtually equated with being human. Animals who talk are human, because what sets us apart from other animals is the "gift" of speech". By age four, most humans have developed an ability to communicate through oral language. By age six or seven, most humans can comprehend, as well as express, written thoughts. These unique abilities of communicating through a native language clearly separate humans from all animals. The obvious question then arises, where did we obtain this distinctive trait? Organic evolution has proven to be unable to elucidate the origin of language and communication. Knowing how beneficial this ability is to humans, one would wonder why this skill has not evolved in other species. Materialistic science is insufficient at explaining not only how speech came about, but also why we have so many different languages. Linguistic research, combined with neurological studies, has determined that human speech is highly dependent on a neuronal network located in specific sites within the brain. But there is a group of scientists who have set up a theory % Interaction based theory % which has answered almost all of the questions above.
Secondary keywords:	jezikoslovje;razvoj jezika;komunikacija;interakcija;diplomska dela;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Undergraduate thesis
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko
Pages:	67 f.
Keywords (UDC):	language;linguistics;literature;jezikoslovje;filologija;književnost;general questions relating to both linguistics and literature;philology;splošna vprašanja;ki se nanašajo na jezikoslovje in književnost;filologija;
ID:	18704