Language development (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 21:46 (4868 days ago) @ David Turell

We know that young children, before age 8-10 can sop up a language like a sponge. But how did language start? Grunts from Alley Oop? Or:
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> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128211.600-kiki-or-bouba-in-search-of-languages... very fascinating article. -My take is that it is natural to think that short and abrupt symbols will be more "violent" in nature. (hence kiki for "spiky.")-Though in criticism, "kiki" rhymes with "spiky," suggesting that study participants might simply be associating like sound to like sound. -Still, this has a lot of interest from me...

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