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Define "Communication" and "Language"
Describe, in detail, one of the fields of Anthropological Linguistics (Descriptive Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics)
Based on your reading of the text, why do you think Language has evolved into such a central part of the human species and all human societies? (Present a logical argument and support your answer using details and data from the text.)
Communication or communicate is derived from the Latin verb communicare
which means to impart, to share, or to make common (Ember). You can communicate in a variety of ways by verbally agreeing to something, to making some sort of movement non-verbally (Ember). As long as information is sent and received from behaviors that are shared and commonly understood, it is communication. While language only consists of symbols that are publicly shared and accepted (Ember). This is why communication is seen to be much broader than language is (Ember). We take a look at how language has been changed with the subfields of Anthropological Linguistics. In this case specifically historical linguistics. Historical linguistics studies how languages are changed over time and usually written documents prove to be the best for studying any changes (Ember). When studying what changes have been made to a certain language historical linguists tend to look at words that may be spelled differently today from before and which word’s meaning have changed completely (Ember).
From my comprehension of reading the text, I think language evolved to become a central part of the human species because communication has evolved over the years which eventually led to the development of complex languages that are now used today.
As I stated previously communication can be verbal or non-verbal. As humans evolved so did their system of communication to the point where symbols were developed to establish a language. Over time languages became more complex and more universal among the humans to become what it is today. Ember, C., Ember, M., & Peregrine, P. (n.d.).
Anthropology
. Pearson Revel.
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