spoken language developed between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago1
spontaneously begin using the original God-given language2
speculationsAbsence of direct physical evidence to the origin of language3
by an Egyptian pharaoh named Psammetichus4
5by King James the Fourth of Scotland children were reported to have spoken Hebrew
C/ ‘Yo-he-ho’ Theory some social contex6
The human larynx or ‘voice box’ (containing the vocal cords)7
Communicative signal is a behavior used intentionally8
Informative signal is a behavior that provides information, usually unintentionally9
10Ideogram (ideographic writing) is a way of writing in which each symbol represents a concept/an idea.
more abstract derived forms are ideograms.11
Rebus writing is a way of writing in object is used to indicate the sound12
13Syllabic writing is a way of writing in which each symbol represents a syllable a unit of sound consisting of a vowel
Articulatory phonetics -study of how speech sounds are produced.14
Auditory phonetics-study of the perception of speech sounds by the ear15
Bilabials: sounds formed using both upper and lower lips.16
Dentals: sounds formed with the tongue tip behind the upper front teeth17
18 Phonemes smallest meaning-distinguishing sound unit
19A phone is a physically produced speech sound
20as a minimal pair site–side
21Phonotactics are constraints (restrictions) on the permissible
22Coda is the part of a syllable after the vowel
23Assimilation Process whereby a feature of one sound becomes part of another
24EtymologyٟStudy of the origin & history of a word
262Compounding Process of combining two (or more) words to form a new word.
27Clipping Process of reducing a word of more than one syllable to a shorter form.
28 Conversion: changing the function