language and communication ela 9. how do we communicate?
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Language and Communication
ELA 9
How do we communicate?
Origins All animals are social and have the ability to
communicate with each other, but only humans have been able to develop language.
The beginnings to speech, about 200,000 years ago, may have developed as a result of a mutation in the FOXP2 gene.
A language must have symbols (ex: alphabet) and grammar rules.
There are over 5,000 different languages in the world today (1/3 in Africa). The language are classified by scholars in about 20
groups. Many different languages developed from one ancestor
language and have similar sounds, words, and grammar. Language allowed humans to transmit their history,
culture, and technology to future generations. First orally, later written language.
Methods of communication Symbols Cave Paintings (Oldest: Chauvet Cave, France
about 30,000 BC) Petroglyphs (Carvings in rock surface, about
10,000 BC) Pictograms (ex: Hieroglyphics, Cuneiform) Ideograms (ex: Chinese) Writing (using Pictographs or script, etc.). Body Language Sign Language
Body Language
Sign Language
Cave Paintings
Symbols
Chinese Character Development
Cuneiform (Mesopotamia) and Hieroglyphics (Egypt)
Western Alphabet
Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh
is the oldest known, written story.
Mesopotamia: Sumer Story describes the
ideal king Written in Cuneiform –
the oldest written language. Wedge shaped
characters on clay tablets.
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