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Published: 04.04.2004.

Language: English

Level: Secondary school

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Early Theories in Language Origination
There are a number of theories from the past that try to account for the origins of human language. These theories used to be accredited theories, but now are no longer taken seriously. Three of these early theories are the sound mimic theory, the interjection theory, and the gesture theory. These theories are all inadequate in various ways in trying to explain the origin of human language.
The sound mimic theory is probably best known as the "bow-wow theory," or the "onomatopoeia theory." This theory states that human speech originated when early…

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