Where does language come from?
It is always interesting to ask about the origin of things, but for this we also need to consider what it is for which we seek the beginning. What, then, is ‘language’ – voice, words, text? This leads to a number of questions: what are the current and earlier theories about how language began? did l...
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I10-R372-article-214562024-11-04T18:48:09Z Where does language come from? ¿De dónde viene el lenguaje? Finnegan, Ruth language anthropology orality writing dream lenguaje antropología oralidad escritura sueño It is always interesting to ask about the origin of things, but for this we also need to consider what it is for which we seek the beginning. What, then, is ‘language’ – voice, words, text? This leads to a number of questions: what are the current and earlier theories about how language began? did language come just once to humankind and from one single source? can language and verbal text come in dreams and visions (the paper discusses and analyses an ethnographically-attested example of this)? what of the source of the multiple languages we know today? how and in what form(s) do we create language anew? Much of the earlier theorising centred on speech – that is, on oral (in practice multi-sensory) language. But there are also the written forms of language. The emergence and the number of scripts is remarkable, as are, when we know them, their creators. How did these many forms of written language start? Language is a key human-divine art, among our greatest, to be celebrated. Yet in a sense we know so little about it and are right to continue our search for its origin. Siempre es interesante preguntar sobre el origen de las cosas, pero para esto también debemos considerar qué es para lo que buscamos el principio. Entonces, ¿qué es ‘lenguaje’ - voz, palabras, texto? Esto lleva a una serie de preguntas: ¿cuáles son las teorías actuales y anteriores sobre cómo comenzó el lenguaje? ¿el lenguaje vino una sola vez a la humanidad y de una sola fuente? ¿puede el lenguaje y el texto verbal aparecer en sueños y visiones (el documento discute y analiza un ejemplo atestiguado etnográficamente de esto)? ¿Qué hay de la fuente de los múltiples idiomas que conocemos hoy? ¿cómo y en qué forma (s) creamos el lenguaje de nuevo? Gran parte de la teorización anterior se centró en el habla, es decir, en el lenguaje oral (en la práctica multisensorial). Pero también están las formas escritas del lenguaje. La aparición y el número de scripts es notable, como lo son, cuando los conocemos, sus creadores. ¿Cómo comenzaron estas muchas formas de lenguaje escrito? El lenguaje es un arte humano-divino clave, entre nuestros mejores, para ser celebrado. Sin embargo, en cierto sentido, sabemos muy poco al respecto y estamos en lo cierto al continuar nuestra búsqueda de su origen. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2018-10-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/21456 10.31048/1852.4826.v11.n0.21456 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 11 (2018): SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 1; 9-16 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 11 (2018): SUPLEMENTO ESPECIAL 1; 9-16 Revista del Museo de Antropología; v. 11 (2018): SUPLEMENTO ESPECIAL 1; 9-16 1852-4826 1852-060X 10.31048/1852.4826.v11.n0 eng https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/21456/21104 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/21456/21335 Derechos de autor 2018 Ruth Finnegan |
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It is always interesting to ask about the origin of things, but for this we also need to consider what it is for which we seek the beginning. What, then, is ‘language’ – voice, words, text? This leads to a number of questions: what are the current and earlier theories about how language began? did language come just once to humankind and from one single source? can language and verbal text come in dreams and visions (the paper discusses and analyses an ethnographically-attested example of this)? what of the source of the multiple languages we know today? how and in what form(s) do we create language anew? Much of the earlier theorising centred on speech – that is, on oral (in practice multi-sensory) language. But there are also the written forms of language. The emergence and the number of scripts is remarkable, as are, when we know them, their creators. How did these many forms of written language start? Language is a key human-divine art, among our greatest, to be celebrated. Yet in a sense we know so little about it and are right to continue our search for its origin. |
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