From what has been said, it must be clear that no one can
make very positive statements about how language originated.
There is no material in any language today and in the earliest(1)
records of ancient languages show us language in a new and (2)
emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language (3)
originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the(4)
necessary evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remote
tribes, no ancient records, providing evidence of a
language with a large proportion of such cries (5)
than we find in English. it is true that the absenceof such
evidence does not disprove the theory, but in(6)
other grounds too the theory is not very attractive.
People of all races and languages make rather similar
noises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that(7)
such noises are similar on the lips of Frenchmen and
Malays
From what has been said, it must be clear that no one can
make very positive statements about how language originated.
There is no material in any language today and in the earliest(1)
records of ancient languages show us language in a new and (2)
emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language (3)
originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the(4)
necessary evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remote
tribes, no ancient records, providing evidence of a
language with a large proportion of such cries (5)
than we find in English. it is true that the absenceof such
evidence does not disprove the theory, but in(6)
other grounds too the theory is not very attractive.
People of all races and languages make rather similar
noises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that(7)
such noises are similar on the lips of Frenchmen and
Malays
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