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This 5 page paper examines language evolution and the various controversial theories that exist. The paper focuses on an article by Michael Corballis that is the center of the discussion.
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It would otherwise be impossible for them to know these language. Yet, these anecdotes are few and far between. Still, sociolinguistics and scientists from other disciplines are filled with oddities
about language acquisition. At the same time, the debate about how language was acquired at all by human beings is heated. There is no agreement on exactly how this occurred.
What is agreed is that language was not there form the outset. Although perhaps those who support the concept of creationism might object to the evolutionary notion, by and large,
scientists agree that language was not present and at some point in history it was. In between is what is at issue. In an article entitled "From Hand
to Mouth: The Gestural Origins of Language" by Michael C. Corballis, the idea which is presented is that while language developed in human beings, it is not related to how
animals developed. Corballis points out that even for chimpanzees, there is no spontaneous speech production found through history. The author goes on to theorize that the reason why speech did
not develop until later on in evolutionary history is because the brain had to evolve more. Human beings simply were not ready to speak at certain evolutionary stages of development.
It is also speculated by Corballis that language emerged from facial expressions and manual gestures. It seems that it was something that developed because there was a need. Perhaps it
was not enough to use hands or facial expressions. Rather, there was a need for something more and so, something more would come about. On the another hand, the author
points out that the idea that spoken language is linguistically superior than, say, sign language, is not necessarily accurate. This is an important point. It is often the case that
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