Questions and Answers
What does the Innateness Hypothesis propose?
Humans have a gene responsible for language.
In the context of human development, what does the descent of the larynx in babies suggest?
Preparation for language.
What is the main idea behind the hypothesis mentioned in the text?
Human anatomy and physiology developed together with language.
Why does the text mention that babies undergo an automatic set of developments post-birth?
Signup and view all the answers
What analogy is used to explain the human hardwiring for language in the text?
Signup and view all the answers
Which source of human language is linked to many religions?
Signup and view all the answers
In the Bible, what did God give Adam and Eve according to the text?
Signup and view all the answers
Which story in the Bible does the text mention that involves God confusing people's languages?
Signup and view all the answers
How many babies did Egyptian pharaoh Psammetichus isolate in an experiment related to the divine source of language?
Signup and view all the answers
What did the babies isolated by Egyptian pharaoh Psammetichus eventually say in the text?
Signup and view all the answers
Between which periods does language date back to?
Signup and view all the answers
Which theory proposes that language developed as a result of physical changes in humans?
Signup and view all the answers
What type of sounds did early humans likely produce based on the text?
Signup and view all the answers
Which aspect of human anatomy was adapted for the production of more complex consonants according to the text?
Signup and view all the answers
Which activity is mentioned in the text as being connected to the part of the brain that handles language?
Signup and view all the answers
What did King James IV of Scotland claim about children?
Signup and view all the answers
Which theory proposes that language developed as a result of people working together?
Signup and view all the answers
