Essay On Origin Of English Language

How do languages come into existence?? First have to make clear what the question is. The question is not how languages gradually developed over time into the languages of the world today. Rather, it is how the human species developed over time so that we and not our closest relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos became capable of using language. However, it is a big puzzle as to how and when human being had started communication with vocal signal and how it has been evolved to its present form; but it is rather clear that language must have evolved because human needed it for following reasons:

1) To gave factual information and to convey commands,

2) To convey emotions and feelings,

3) To maintain social

This is why Royal English society in London has banned discussion on this topic after 19th century out the fear that none of the arguments have any scientific basis and it would be waste of time.

REOPENING RESAERCH ON HOW LANGUAGES BEGIN: After the banishment in 1976 the New Academy of sciences reopened this topic by conducting a multidisciplinary conference. That year is considered as the starting point for modern research on origin of language. This time not only linguistics have started the research on origin of languages but also biologists, evolutionists have also participated in this. One exciting source of evidence has emerged in recent times that is a mutation gene called FOXP2 has been shown to lead to deficits in language as well as control of face and mouth. This gene is slightly altered version of gene found in apes.

LITERATURE REVIEWS:

• Current evolutionist’s theories [mention who… the names] assert two points. First, language is for communication. Second, language is a complex organ, as the eye, thus its form and origin derive from natural selection. As concerns the first point, it is striking that modern evolutionist’s theories run against Darwin, for whom language is