The origins of English: Porovnání verzí

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* form and structure of the first language is unknown
 
* form and structure of the first language is unknown
 
* based on what we know about language change today, it is plausible that the multitude of contemporary languages have indeed developed from one origin <ref>GRAMLEY STEPHAN. <i>The history of English: an introduction</i>. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxv, 414 p.</ref>
 
* based on what we know about language change today, it is plausible that the multitude of contemporary languages have indeed developed from one origin <ref>GRAMLEY STEPHAN. <i>The history of English: an introduction</i>. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxv, 414 p.</ref>
* based on what we know about language change today, it is plausible that the multitude of contemporary languages have indeed developed from one origin it is possible that the development of language was dictated by the modern human behaviour<ref><nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_language Wikipedia]</nowiki></ref>
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* based on what we know about language change today, it is plausible that the multitude of contemporary languages have indeed developed from one origin it is possible that the development of language was dictated by the modern human behaviour<ref><nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_language]</nowiki></ref>
  
 
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The origins of language

  • emerged ca. 145,000 years ago
  • capacity for language is uniquely human and given by the brain structure
  • form and structure of the first language is unknown
  • based on what we know about language change today, it is plausible that the multitude of contemporary languages have indeed developed from one origin [1]
  • based on what we know about language change today, it is plausible that the multitude of contemporary languages have indeed developed from one origin it is possible that the development of language was dictated by the modern human behaviour[2]

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References

  1. GRAMLEY STEPHAN. The history of English: an introduction. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxv, 414 p.
  2. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_language]