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Language

and
Phylogeny
DEISY MACHADO
MIRLEY MORENO
—Phylogeny

Within the field of linguistics,


phylogeny focuses on the study of
the historical development of the
language in a community of
speakers
LANGUAGE STAGES

PROTOLANGUAGE SYNTAX

The syntax appeared when


Consists of the use of
the brain had enough "free"
symbols without neurons, that is, not
structure dedicated to specific
functions
NATURAL SELECCION

“language is an extremely
complex feature, elaborated with
a particular design that perfectly
adjusts to fulfill specific
functions.”
Animal
Communication and
Human Language
A trait that differentiates
human languages from
ANIMAL
COMMUNICATION is that
they lack the first articulation
level.

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