Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
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Dr Keighley Perkins
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This piece highlights both how much we've learned about language & how much remains unknown. Despite advances in linguistics, archaeology & cognitive science, the origins of language remain one of humanity's greatest unsolved mysteries.
#langsky #linguistics #language
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While many of these early theories now seem quirky, they each capture part of a much larger puzzle.
#langsky #linguistics #language #languagehistory #languagedevelopment
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From the "Bow-Wow Theory" to the "Pooh-Pooh Theory" & the "Yo-He-Ho Theory", it explores how generations of scholars have tried to solve the mystery of how humans came to communicate through symbols & grammar.
#langsky #linguistics #language #languagehistory #languagedevelopment
Why do humans have language?
It's one of the oldest & most fascinating questions in linguistics.
This article takes a tour through some of the most imaginative theories ever proposed to explain the origins of language.
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#langsky #linguistics #language
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Modern researchers increasingly suggest that language emerged through a combination of gesture, vocalisation, social cooperation, symbolic thinking & biological evolution, rather than any single cause.
#langsky #linguistics #language #languagehistory #languagedevelopment
