Theories of the Language Evolution

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It is not certain when language was originally evolved. It is a subject that has not yet reached any consensus, even though scholars have been trying hard to draw inferences from various indications.

One of the theories of the language evolution suggests that during the prehistoric era, language evolved as an adaptation to change; a change that meant better survival and enhanced understanding of the surroundings. Therefore, according to this theory, language was a source of survival; to communicate, to hunt, and to defend (Bryant, n.d., para. 2).

All living things (animals, birds, etc.) communicate with each other using their own methods of communication. Then, how was language important for the survival of human beings? Iit should be understood that language has made all the difference. It has made the human beings superior than other living beings. Other living things have not made any developments, but people have gone way ahead and this has been possible by virtue of language.

Language does not simply mean to communicate. It should be mentioned that the mute can also interact. So how is language different? How does it help human beings? The world that one sees today was not the same. There have been tremendous innovations, inventions, and developments that have steered mankind to this stage.

Businesses and finances have increased and so have the living standards. Talking of innovations, all these have been possible by virtue of the facilitation provided by language. With the help of language, important and confidential information could be transferred without any risk of landing in wrong hands. Planning for the future could be done with ease.

No one is perfect and as such, people made mistakes in the past and language was the medium through which such mistakes were passed over the years. People learned from these mistakes and rectified them. There are some important decisions that have to be made for the betterment of the society or the world.

Such decisions cannot be taken individually and have to be discussed in order to arrive at some concrete decision; again, language is the medium. One cannot explain his/her point of view by simple gestures. In addition, human beings have faith in some religion and no religion preaches bad things. It is crucial to spread such teachings but without language, this would not be possible. Even if people want to spread the teachings of any particular language by way of books or art (paintings), these are a sort of language as well.

In today’s world, business plays a vital role, whether people are employed or have their own business. There are many corporate houses that were small businesses earlier. However, by the virtue of language, such businesses have been able to communicate with people worldwide and expand their businesses.

Furthermore, businesses have also been able to sustain the competitive markets by having up-to-date information about their competitors; again by virtue of language (Importance of language, n.d., para. 5). During this data collection, I was able to acquire information about the evolution of language and various advantages that language has bestowed upon human beings.

Following is the conversation (numbered for the ease of explanation):

In this particular conversation, numbers 1 and 2 do not need any displacement, except the names. Then, again numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 do not need any displacement. Even chimps can communicate/understand such things.

Number 7 is not possible without body language. Numbers 8 and 9 do not need any displacement because even chimps can make one understand that they want to play carom board and the word “great” can be rendered with a simple thumbs-up gesture. Finally, numbers 10, 11, and 12 need displacement because they involve certain things that cannot be explained in gestures or by chimps.

During this conversation, by virtue of language, I was able to gather the following information:

Smith was feeling better but was still under medication.
Smith liked to play carom board that evening.
Smith’s sister was planning to visit a friend’s home with Anne.

Smith was able to know that Anne was in the classroom.

References

Bryant, C. (n.d.). How did language evolve?. Web.

Importance of language. (n.d.). Web.

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