Language and Culture Prof. R. Hickey ss 2006 The evolution of language



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Evolution of Language

3. Human mind set

  • Our human-mind set dictates how we see the world and create the language.
  • ‘Ontological categories’, such as people, things, actions, events, provide a universal initial structure of the language of thought on which language is based.
  • The innate thought structure also covers the way in which words may be combined.
  • e.g. The cat sat on the mat. The dog lay under the table.
  • not: The mat lay under the cat. The table stood over the dog.
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  • => The location of ‘small onto large’ may be due to the human mind-set. Human thoughts run along certain routes, which are likely to affect the order of participants in a grammar.

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