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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … The origin of language was investigated in a wide range of disciplines in the nineteenth century. …
- … odd years has been the right period but Sir J. thinks that a far greater number must have passed …
- … language & geology in another way. We all consider English a very mixed language because we can …
- … e.g. Latin Greek Sanscrit owe none of their similarities to a community of origin,—are all …
- … J. F. T., 15 Aug [1867] Darwin asks Fritz Müller, a German naturalist who had emigrated to …
- … obtain information for me.— Some American monkeys cry a little (Rengger & Humbolldt): now when …
- … argued against the commonly held view that language required a high level of civilization and that …
- … designedly…. Every change would be an instinctive, not a meditated operation and therefore there is …
- … could have hindered speech from gradually growing to such a stage” Letter 8367: Darwin, C. …
- … the will of man. Darwin suggests that language change is a result of “unconscious selection”, the …
- … man has no intention or wish to change the language. It is a parallel case with what I have called …
- … from some lower animal, is almost forced to believe a priori that articulate language has been …
- … 1875 The relationship between language and race was a widely debated and controversial …
- … of geology at Owens College, Manchester, and the author of a book on early humans (Cave Dwellers) …
- … non-Indo-European language on the European continent) is a mark of racial distinction. “The …
- … three distinguished philologers hold that language is not a test of race […]” Letter 11074: …
- … comparative philologist Archibald Sayce wrote to Darwin with a series of detailed questions about …
