Re:Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human wri...
by thaumasiotes on Sunday March 10, 2019 @11:50PM
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> those children were already exposed to civilization and in contact with language-using humans.
Exposure to civilization is obviously not important, as all uncivilized people also speak. (Exposure to other people is important.)
Contact with language-using humans doesn't help in developing sign language either; deaf children exposed to speaking humans do not develop spoken language or sign language.
It is generally felt that what prompted the development of NSL was the fact that the children were put into a group. Children in a group want to communicate with each other. A hearing child in the same group would also have learned/participated in developing the language.
Exposure to civilization is obviously not important, as all uncivilized people also speak. (Exposure to other people is important.)
Contact with language-using humans doesn't help in developing sign language either; deaf children exposed to speaking humans do not develop spoken language or sign language.
It is generally felt that what prompted the development of NSL was the fact that the children were put into a group. Children in a group want to communicate with each other. A hearing child in the same group would also have learned/participated in developing the language.