语言学起源和分类.pptVIP

The belief that all languages originated from a single source is found in Genesis(起源). It says that the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. At the end of the 18th century, attempts were made to discover the history of the world’s languages. The experiments in seeking the origin of human language In 7th century B.C. the Egyptian Pharaoh(法老) Psammetichus Sent 2 infants to an isolated mountain hut The first word uttered was bekos Bekos was the word for bread in Phrygian(弗里吉亚语) James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) Hebrew（希伯来语） was the language used in the Garden of Eden(伊匐园) The ori