The Nature of Language

This is the first time I learn about linguistics deeply.

Initially I don’t know what is language, after studying in
deeply, I just found out that the language is a system that
relates sounds (or hand and body gestures) with meaning.
I am interested in the divine of language, evidently the
divine of language in most religions, there appears to be a
divine source who provides humans with language. The
natural sound source such as onomatopoeia (words
containing sounds similar with noises that they describe
e.g. bang, cuckoo), then the bow-wow theory (in ancient
times primitive words could have been imitation of the
natural sound e.g. bow-wow), and the last the yo-he-ho
theory (the sounds of the person involved in physical effort
could be the source of our language).The physical
adaptation source including: teeth, lips mouth larynx,
pharynx, the human brain and the genetic source.
In my opinion animals and human language is the
most interesting discussion. I originally thought that
animals
like chimpanzees might be able to speak like humans if
intensively trained by professional, but the reality is very
difficult to do that. animal also have their own language to
communicate even though very limited and very different
from the human language. Why humans can speak while
animals can not. It is because the properties of human
language make it such a unique communication system,
quite creature, then it would seem extreme unlikely that
other creatures would be able to understand it. The
properties of human language are displacement,
arbitrariness, productivity, cultural transmission, and
duality. It can’t be denied that many people are doing
research and trying to teach animal especially
chimpanzees to speak but none of them are successful in
proving that animals can learn human language.

Source: Yule George (2010). The Study of Language: An Introduction (Fourth Edition).
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1-7.