SUMMARY
I. The definition of Language Evolution
II. Three main stages of Language Evolution
1. The Mimetic Language
2. The Protolanguage
3. The Modern Langue
III. The future of Language Evolution
I. THE DEFINITION OF Don't
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LANGUAGE ...
• Is the study of how languages change over time. It
involves biological, cultural, and social factors that
affect language production and transmission.
• Language evolution tries to explain the origin, diversity,
and commonality of human languages
Stage 1: Mimetic language
• This is the Mimetic Language Era, this stage may have begun as
early as Ardi, over four million years ago.
• We just mimic and speak like a routine without knowing any thing
about writing or the words we are speaking.
QUIZZ : GUESS THE ANSWER
Which stages did Mimetic Languages appeared?
A)Ardi
B)Camp fire
C)Upper Paleolithic revolution
QUIZZ: GUESS THE ANSWER
When does Mimetic Languages started?
A)400,000-500,000 years ago
B)200,000-300,000 years ago
C)600,000-800,000 years ago
• Primitive times using hand signs or actions.
• Evidence of this type of communication
symbol.
• By analyzing similarities and differences between it,
they can make inferences about the structure,
vocabulary, and grammar of proto languages.
• Limited in vocabulary and simpler in meaning.
CONS
• Primitive people were able to communicate with each
PROS other by basic gestures.
DISADVANTAGES
LOSS OF CULTURAL
DIVERSITY
• Reflection people
connection to their local
environment and the
living word.
• Harder to learn and
preserve the historical
and literary heritage of a
language.
LANGUAGE BARRIERS
• Misunderstanding between different varieties.
• Generations of the same languages.
• Occur in Various settings, including healthcare,
education, …
• Mother tongue
Linguistic imperialism
Suppression
of minority
Linguistic language.
diversity.
Cultural identity
International
trade or business
ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES:
• Limited access to resources
• Poor health outcomes
• Social exclusion
• Limited economic mobility
FUTURE OF
LANGUAGE
LINGUA FRANCA DEATH & EXTINCT LANGUAGE WAY OF COMMUNICATION
HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE IN THE FUTURE?
a language
also knownspoken
as a
LINGUA FRANCA internationally
trade language,by
many people
contact language or
global language.
LINGUA FRANCA
Current lingua franca
Spoken by 1.5 billion people
ENGLISH
LINGUA FRANCA
ENGLISH
English is not a homogeneous(đồng nhất) or static(cố định) language.
It is influenced by other languages and cultures.
Expect to see more varieties and dialects (tiếng địa phương)
of English in the future, such as Singlish, Hinglish and
Spanglish
LINGUA FRANCA
Fun fact
ENGLISH
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Second-language speakers
e s
4 tim
English native
native speakers
speakers in UK native speakers in USA
(~ 65 million) (~ 240 million)
LINGUA FRANCA
ENGLISH
may not remain the dominant global language foreve
1.5 billion speakers
LINGUA FRANCA
ENGLISH
Other languages will challenge its status or share its role as a lingua franca in the futu
500 million speakers
1.5 billion speakers
1 billion speakers
300 million speakers
LINGUA FRANCA
ENGLISH
Other languages will challenge its status or share its role as a lingua franca in the futu
These languages may become more prominent and influential in the
future as they reflect the demographic, cultural, and geopolitical
changes in the world
Death & Extinct
Language
DEFINITION
Death Extinct
Native Second- Native Second-
speakers language speakers language
speakers speakers
EX: LATIN EX: ESTRUCAN
GOTHICS
REALITY
3500
70
LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD
BY THE ENDTODAY
OF THIS CENTURY
WHY?
Language Shift: This
Thisoccurs when speakers
often happens abandon
as a result their nativemigration,
of colonization, languageassimilation,
in favor of another language
globalization, or that has
urbanization.
more prestige, utility, or opportunity.
Language Death: This
This occurs when speakers
often happens dieof
as a result without passing
genocide, on their
disease, war, native
famine,language to disasters.
or natural the next generation.
Language Attrition: This
Thisoccurs when speakers
often happens loseofsome
as a result aspects of
bilingualism, their native
diglossia language
(using differentdue to lackof
varieties ofause or exposure.
language for
different purposes), or isolation.
WAY OF COMMUNICATION
IN THE FUTURE
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