Категория: Glottogenesis

Two epochs in the language evolution

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Danilenko V. P.

This article is dedicated to the analysis of language through the universal evolutionary point of view. It allows us to see in it, on the one side, the result of biological evolution, on the other side, it allows us to emphasize two epochs in the evolution of language – monoverbal and polyverbal.

Keywords:the universal evolution, the anthropogenesis, the cultural genesis, glottogenesis, the evolution of language, the monoverbal evolution, the polyverbal evolution.

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To the theory of glottogenesis: Johann Herder

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Danilenko V. P.

J. Herder has based the evolutional approach to the problem of glottogenesis. According to this approach the language is regarded as the product of all the previous evolution – physic, biotic, psychological and cultural.

Keywords: Johann Herder, the origin of language, the universal evolution philosophy, religion, art, morals, policy, language.

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The problem of glottogenesis in the universal evolution philosophy

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Danilenko V. P.

The article is dedicated to the analysis of views of the universal evolutionists such as Democritus, Lucretius, J. de Lamettrie, J. Herder, W. Humboldt, H. Spencer and G. Vollmer on the problem of glottogenesis.

Keywords: universal evolution, evolutionary linguistics, glottogenesis, Democritus, Lucretius, J. de Lamettrie, J. Herder, W. Humboldt, H. Spencer, G. Vollmer.

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The most important hypotheses on the origin of language

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Danilenko V. P.

In this article it is discussed the critical analysis of the hypotheses on the origin of language including the old ones (the onomatopoetic hypothesis, the hypothesis of sound symbolism, the interjectional hypothesis, the labour hypothesis) and the new ones (N. Chomsky, T. Givón, N. Masataka, T. Deacon, R. Dunbar).

Keywords: the origin of language, the hypothesis of sound symbolism, the interjectional hypothesis, the labour hypothesis.

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