Darwin et le langage
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Darwin and language.
Herder claims that human language had a cognitive origin, yet the first vocabularies came from the world’s sounds. For Darwin, as for Condillac and Rousseau, the first humans expressed themselves with gestures and corporal movements, also mimicking nature. The invention of articulate sounds designating different things gave way to words expressing diverse emotions. The repeated uses of vocal organs reinforce and perfect them, and progressively establish the power of words due to the exercise of mind activities.
Key words: Origins of language, natural sounds, gestures, corporal movements, instinct, imitation, emotion, thought, word.
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