The origins of English: Porovnání verzí

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* capacity for language is uniquely human and given by the brain structure
 
* capacity for language is uniquely human and given by the brain structure
 
* 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
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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 <ref>GRAMLEY STEPHAN. <i>The history of English: an introduction</i>. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxv, 414 p.</ref>
<ref>GRAMLEY STEPHAN. <i>The history of English: an introduction</i>. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxv, 414 p.</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]
  1. GRAMLEY STEPHAN. The history of English: an introduction. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxv, 414 p.