Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

DAEA

Subject:
Introduction to Linguistics
The origins of language: The Social
Interaction Source

Group:
4”G”

Students:
Karina Alcazar Álvarez
Eduardo Isaí de la Rosa de Dios
Glossary

Word Definition Spanish Gramatical

category
effort physical or mental esfuerzo noun
exertion, usually
considerable when
unqualified

develop (cause something desarrollar verb

to) grow or change
into a more
advanced, larger,
or stronger form
lifting the action of levantamiento noun
ending a rule or
law

appeal a request to the apelacion noun

public for money,
information, or
help

development he process in Desarrollo, noun

which someone or evolucion
something grows
or changes and
becomes more
advanced
hairy having a lot of velludo adjective
hair, especially on
parts of the body
other than the
head

mammoth extremely large or Mamut Adjective and noun

animal gigantesco
offered to ask someone if ofrecido verb
they would like to
have something or
if they would like
you to do
something

within inside or not further Dentro de preposition, adverb

than an area or
period of time

speech the ability to talk, Discurso noun

the activity of Language
talking, or a piece habla
of spoken
language

lifeless dead Sin vida adjective

grunts to make a short, gruñir Verb and noun

low sound instead
of speaking,
usually because of
anger or pain
The social interaction source

Subject Verb Complement

Another proposal Has been called The “yo-he-ho” theory

The sounds of a person Could be The source of our

language
That physical effort Involved Several people

A group of early humans Might develop A set of hums

They Were lifting and carrying Large bits of trees

The appeal of this Is That it places the

proposal development
Early people Must have lived In groups

Larger groups offered Better protection from

attack
Groups Are Necessarily social
organizations
Some form of Is Required
communication
Even if it Is Just grunts and curses

Human sounds Must have had Some principled

This is an important idea May relate To the uses of humanly

that produced sounds
This is an important idea answer Our questions regarding
that the origins of sounds
Apes Lives In social groups

They Do not seems To have developed the

capacity for speech
Summary
The “yo-he-ho” theory explains that the source of our language came from a social
context, especifically from a social interaction that begins with the need of the early
humans to live in groups. In these groups some kind of communication was
necesary, and the first forms of this communication began in sound like hums,
grunts, groans and curses. It is clear this insipid language was very important for the
development of a better social interaction because they started trying to
communicate common expressions of their interaction wiyh the world.
This kind of social interaction has been observed in other species but it has not
developed as the human language.