Evolution of Language
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Evolution
In the “struggle for life, any variation, however
slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if
it be in any degree profitable to an individual
or any species, in its infinitely complex
relations to other organic beings and to the
external nature, will tend to the preservation
of the individual, and will generally be
inherited by its offspring.”
- Charles Darwin (1859)
Origins of Language
n
How did language evolve?
n
Religions provide various explanations…
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