history oF lAnguAgE
1in EvolutionAry history, thE DEvElopmEnt oF lAnguAgE sEt humAns ApArt From thE rEst oF thE AnimAl kingDom. spokEn lAnguAgE originAtED whEn EArly humAns BEgAn to string grunts AnD squEAls togEthEr to Form A sounD-mEAning systEm. lAnguAgE proviDED humAns with thE tools to CrEAtE iDEAs AnD thEn to CommuniCAtE thEsE iDEAs to othEr pEoplE.
2 As humAn knowlEDgE AnD CivilizAtion ExpAnDED, A systEm thAt storED inFormAtion BECAmE nECEssAry. thE First writing systEms usED piCturEs to rEprEsEnt oBjECts. thEsE EArly systEms wErE suCCEssFul in rECorDing ConCrEtE DEtAils ConCErning trADE AnD tAxEs, But thEy CoulD not ConvEy ABstrACt iDEAs AnD Emotions.BEtwEEn 800 AnD 500B、
C、, thE AnCiEnt grEEks BEgAn to usE A phonEtiC AlphABEt thAt usED symBols to rEprEsEnt sounDs, with EACh sounD mAking up pArt oF A wor
D、thus, writtEn lAnguAgE BECAmE A mEAns oF mAss CommuniCAtion.
3thE ExpAnsion oF humAnity From An orAl soCiEty to onE thAt Also usED thE writtEn worD For CommuniCAtion wAs A DEFining point in humAn CivilizAtion.EArly orAl CulturEs rEquirED A triBAl mEntAlity with historiEs DEFinED By FAmily or ClAn pErspECtivEs, But writing AllowED A BroADEr, gloBAl pErspECtivE to EmErgE.
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BEForE writtEn lAnguAgE EvolvED, thErE wAs no wAy oF pErmAnEntly rECorDing lAnguAgE.
As humAn knowlEDgE AnD CivilizAtion ExpAnDED, A systEm thAt storED inFormAtion BECAmE nECEssAry. thE First writing systEms usED piCturEs to rEprEsEnt oBjECts.
thEsE EArly systEms wErE suCCEssFul in rECorDing ConCrEtE DEtAils ConCErning trADE AnD tAxEs, But thEy CoulD not ConvEy ABstrACt iDEAs AnD Emotions.
BEtwEEn 800 AnD 500B、
C、, thE AnCiEnt grEEks BEgAn to usE A phonEtiC AlphABEt thAt usED symBols to rEprEsEnt sounDs, with EACh sounD mAking up pArt oF A wor
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thus, writtEn lAnguAgE BECAmE A mEAns oF mAss CommuniCAtion.