language change大学英语语言学课件 语言的变迁.pptVIP

Language Change 语言的变迁 Introduction Language change is one of the subjects of historical linguistics, which studies the language change and language relationships. Diachronic linguistics (历时语言学): the study of language changes through times Synchronic linguistics (共时语言学): the study of language at some certain point of time Origin of human language The divine-origin theory: language is the gift from God to mankind. The invention theory: the imitation of natural sound the cries of pain, fear, surprise, pleasure, etc. the gestures The evolutionary theory: the complexit