Representation of the ‘Language Bonfire’ on a graph

Representation of the ‘Language Bonfire’ on a graph

• Complexity of language

The development of Language

• Key properties of Language

• Interaction

• Persuasion

• The Grooming Theory: grooming is for animals a factor of social interaction as language for humans.
• Maybe language is a substitution for grooming, since:
• - Humans are ‘naked apes’ with little hair for grooming
• - Great groups of primates tend to abandon grooming

The development of Language

• Key properties of language

• Interaction

• Persuasion

• The theory of mind
• The ability to deceive may be an important prerequisite for language, which is not only confined to humans.
• This process (we may also talk about ‘lying’) implicates that the individual is able to put himself into another person’s shoes and act to his own advantage.