Week 1 : The origins and the importance of language(s)
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Language and communication
Week 1 : The origins and the importance of language(s)
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This term, I expect to learn about ..
Slide 2 - Question ouverte
This week ..
.. you will learn about the origins of language
.. you will learn about the importance of language
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1. The origins of language
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What do you know
about the origins of
language?
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Different explanations ..
Video:
Write down write down 3 things that you find interesting/that surprise you/you would like to know more about
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Other explanations ..
You now have 10 minutes to search for other explanations
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What did you write down?
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Different explanations
Chomsky + a lot of archeologists
90000 years ago: language started with 1 individual (Prometheus). From him, it spread to all other people. From them, a lot of different languages developed.
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Different explanations
Charles Darwin
Language started at 1 point and then developed through a lot of different modifications (evolution)
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Different explanations
A lot of biologists
Language started 40 millions of years ago from gestures (apes) that developed slowly into spoken languages (humans)
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Which explanation do you find the most likely / acceptable / believable ?
1 individual > rest of the people > differences
1 starting point > mutations > differences
gestures (apes) > slow evolution > spoken languages
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Option 3
40 million years ago: apes could make "grasp" gestures > same brain area as language in the human brain.
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Option 3
Apes in the wild make gestures that are "language like"
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Option 3
But, then, around 7 million years ago: "bipedalism" > free hands > possibility of combining gestures > "mime" and
using sounds
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Option 3
Around 2 million years ago: fully bipedal > development + use of "tools" with both hands > simplified gestures and further development of speech
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Option 3
90000 years ago: people spread over the world and adapted their language to the geography, culture and religion > different languages.
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Option 3
Nowadays: many different languages
Reading & writing gives language a memory
(Re)new(ed) development of signs and symbols
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Do animals have language(s)?
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Research time!
Think of examples of animal communication. Try to find as many examples as possible!
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Animals : geniuses?
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Bees
The Waggle dance is used when the food source occurs further than 150m away from the hive, and describes both distance and direction. The length of each 'waggle' directly correlates to the distance of the food source, with longer waggles describing longer distances. The direction of the food source is shown by the orientation of the bee during this dance. The angle of the target flowers relative to the position of the sun at that current time is demonstrated by the relative to vertical angle the bee performs the dance at.
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After seeing this, do you think we can say that animals have language(s)?
YES
NO
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The answer is.. no..
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What are the differences between animal communication and "real" languages?