Linguistic
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1 With which of the four types of sources would you associate the quotation
from MacNeilage at the beginning of the chapter?a)The divine source:Language came from Saravasti wife of Brahma.b)The natural sound:language came from imitations of heard sounds.c)The physical adaptation source:language came from physical aspects distinct from other creatures.d)The genetic source:language came from inaneteness hypothesis.Babies are sign language users or gestual.Human are born with a special capacity for language.
2 What is the basic idea behind the bow-wow theory of language origin?the basic idea behind this theory is the natural sounds.Primitive words could have been imitations of natural sounds which men and women heard around them.
3 Why are interjections such as Ouch! considered to be unlikely sources of
human speech sounds?Interjections contains sounds tht it's not used in ordinary speech.They are produced by emotional reactions such as pain,joy etc which is the opposite of ordinary talk.
4 What special features of human teeth make them useful in the production of
speech sounds?teth are upright not slanting outwards like apes and chimpancees.
5 Where is the pharynx and how did it become an important part of human
sound production?the pharynx is above the vocal cords(or voice box)which acts a resonator for sound produced via larynx
6 Why do you think that young deaf children who become fluent in sign
language would be cited in support of the innateness hypothesis?If all children,including born deaf can acquire language at about the same time they must be born with special capacity to do so.The conclusion is that it must be innate is to say genetically determined.