Language is the best tool for humans to survive and make society rather than any other things.
How can human live until 100 years old or more, and survive without being extinct? Of course there are a lot of factors that makes people live constantly such as technology, science, inventions, however, among them, language is one of the important invention that people made. We do not know exactly when people started to make language, but many myths are related to survival of humans- to communicate each other, to hunt, to indicate it is dangerous, or to require help. To express these situation and to survive, they need language and society. People have made language since being homo sapiens, and after many changes, about 7000 languages are made in different country. These languages are made by human thought, so we can make a large number of words. However, there is a paradoxical problem between 'we make languages with our thought' and 'we express our thought with language.' Which is first? We have to think with language but if there was no language to express that thought, can you really sure that you are thinking now? To prove that we are thinking, we should make language continuously and the language should be agreed and shared by people who use same language. Expressing our thought with language would lead to make society and more developed countries. Language is the best tool to survive and make society rather than any other things.
Language is an evolutionary adaptation. Language first appeared among Homo sapiens somewhere between 30,000 and 100,000 years ago and people has spoken with languages, changing and creating the language for better survival. That's where the idea of natural selection comes into play, which is the notion that the specific physical traits of a population make that population more likely to survive its environment. Thanks to the language, people are able to communicate each other and make society. Many hunters can hunt very well and also save their lives easily by using languages. As humans learned more about how to best survive, they noticed a need to communicate these survival methods for their population. Also, as they share their language, they were able to create concept about family and society.
A baby is also related to adaptation of language. The baby is the most vulnerable creature among the creatures in the earth. It is dependent on its parents for survival. In the absence of a common language there would be no communication, and, therefore, no family. The paternity of the child could not be established. Only the mother could be identified. Where knowledge does not exist, it is difficult to establish any connection between the sexual act and the birth, notwithstanding the period of nine months that elapses before the child is born. Even this connection is made possible by the use of language.
We, people has developed many things and made a lot of inventions. Television, cellphone, computer, refrigerator, air conditioner, i-pad, printer, even pencil, are these things existed in the past? The answer is absolutely no. However we can know that these things can be invented by using languages and recording the way to make them. Inventors need to discuss with peers about invents and they need people's need and they try to solve people's inconvenience.
With these examples, I want to tell you that language is evolved, people can change their language, but people who use their country's language should a common language so that other people can understand the meaning of the word. If people had their way to create their own language, no one can communicate and that could not be language. Because language is evolutionary adaptation, we can use language, express our opinion and survive.
As you can see, the language is an adaptation. However, it also mean that the language had been changed so many time. Also, 'differences' are made in different countries because people had experienced in different situations and environment. Difference of language can affect to human thought.
Whorf hypothesis in 1956 shows that less vocabulary cause less understanding and less knowledge. For example, Inuits in Alaska categorized snows based on colors, so there are many kinds of words about snow rather than that of other countries. Also, Hopi Indians have less past and future words. It shows that they have value in present. Finally, Philippine is an agricultural country, so there are many words about agriculture and rice. We can see that language can become different according to the cultures and countries. Various words in one field can help other people know how the people who use that language think and what they put emphasis on. Also, if certain word in one field developed in one country, limitation of the language can happen in other countries, because there are no words that can replace those words.
Language is a communication tool, so its adaptive function is to help talk each other, communicators pass information from one generation to another, thus enriching heritage, which, in turn, further develops language and the user's understanding of the world. However, if there is no language what would happen? There would be no society. There would be no name, no words that express our mind, and may be ability to speak would not exist. There would be no communication, no family, and so humans would become vulnerable to survive, because they cannot share information and their ability to develop their brain would disappear.
'Aphasia' is a term used to describe an acquired loss of language that cause problem of speaking, writing, listening, and reading. This problem of using language can cause damage to the brain. Damage to the brain in the left frontal lobe of the language-dominant hemisphere can be affected to spontaneous speech and motor speech control. Left side of the brain is developed the ability to use language, so if someone have disability such as aphasia, the brain suffer damage. Then if there had been no such thing as language, only right side of the brain would work.
To return, if there had been no language, there would be no family. Humans usually depend on family, especially parents for survival. However, to share love each other, people need language. There is no way to express their mind without language. Of course we can express by our body, but without any information, people would not know how to do sexual action and grow child. It is hard to make and grow baby alone, and if people have to learn that by experience, they would usually fail. Then the concept of family will disappear because there would be no connection between parents and baby. People need language to sustain family stably and to save our mind valuing our 'family'. Language does very important work for human living and thinking, so if there is no language, really big disaster could happen. Maybe we would be extinct just like dinosaur. Abstract things such as emotion, feeling, and imagine are something that can not define with language, because they can be different according to the situation and environment. However we can explain that kind of abstract things to others. People experience 'love', 'happy', 'sad', 'angry', so we are able to name these things with language, and understand these word. Thanks to the language, we can embody abstract things and it help us communicate more naturally and easily. Also. it helps us to share our thinking to others very closely and respond accurately.
Language is a communication tool, so its adaptive function is to help talk each other, communicators pass information from one generation to another, thus enriching heritage, which, in turn, further develops language and the user's understanding of the world. However, if there is no language what would happen? There would be no society. There would be no name, no words that express our mind, and may be ability to speak would not exist. There would be no communication, no family, and so humans would become vulnerable to survive, because they cannot share information and their ability to develop their brain would disappear.
'Aphasia' is a term used to describe an acquired loss of language that cause problem of speaking, writing, listening, and reading. This problem of using language can cause damage to the brain. Damage to the brain in the left frontal lobe of the language-dominant hemisphere can be affected to spontaneous speech and motor speech control. Left side of the brain is developed the ability to use language, so if someone have disability such as aphasia, the brain suffer damage. Then if there had been no such thing as language, only right side of the brain would work.
To return, if there had been no language, there would be no family. Humans usually depend on family, especially parents for survival. However, to share love each other, people need language. There is no way to express their mind without language. Of course we can express by our body, but without any information, people would not know how to do sexual action and grow child. It is hard to make and grow baby alone, and if people have to learn that by experience, they would usually fail. Then the concept of family will disappear because there would be no connection between parents and baby. People need language to sustain family stably and to save our mind valuing our 'family'. Language does very important work for human living and thinking, so if there is no language, really big disaster could happen. Maybe we would be extinct just like dinosaur. Abstract things such as emotion, feeling, and imagine are something that can not define with language, because they can be different according to the situation and environment. However we can explain that kind of abstract things to others. People experience 'love', 'happy', 'sad', 'angry', so we are able to name these things with language, and understand these word. Thanks to the language, we can embody abstract things and it help us communicate more naturally and easily. Also. it helps us to share our thinking to others very closely and respond accurately.
People say that there are many other things that can be the best tool for human being survival except language. Someone says 'money' is the best tool to survive and make society. If people have money, they can buy anything that they want to have. They can buy food, house, clothes, shoes, books, and even organisms such as dog with money. With money, we can make friends, be couple (by meeting), and go to school. According to the amount of money, people's lives, environment, personality can be different. Rich people can live luxuriously, and spend much money so that it can help their country's economy, but poor people like some of Africans can not live and eat well. However, we have to know that to earn money, we need language. 'Money' is not something that we can earn without effort. Every people work hard to sustain their own family and survive. To work, people should communicate with colleagues and draft documents. Especially in company, language is a really important thing . Also the concept of 'money' can be defined by language, so if there was no language, money would not exist.
Someone says our body is the best tool to survive. They can feed themselves, farming, and build their houses themselves. However, only with their bodies, there would not be any development in our society. We would have to live just like animals and our brain will be smaller and smaller. Humans and animals are different. If there is no language, we may have to live like animals. We can survive and make society like animals, however, there is limitation. In our society, some organisms who have power to control others can survive well. The number of the weak would decrease. So powerful animals such as elephants, lions, bear, tigers can dominate whole world, and population of human would diminish.
There are so many things that people made for survival. Many invention, food, houses, everything around us can help us to live well. Our society has been changed by humans and developed by many inventors and leaders. Before the language exist, our lives was just like animals' lives. We just had used body language, hunt, built house with trees. Our left side of the brain would not develop at that time, and would have less ability. May be after using the tools, such as stone to hunt, sticks to indicate the number of the animals they hunted, and fire, we started to invent some 'words' to communicate each other in community. About 7,000 languages exist, every people learn their countries' language from other people. Before the babies speak, they have to receive special care from family, but after they grow up, they can learn language naturally to adapt in society.
People has had ability to speak and acquire ability to use language since thousands ago, and surprisingly, languages are still developed. Making and sharing information is an important trait of the language, and this trait can be basis of human invention. In other words, language can help another invention to be invented. Also only language can prove that we are thinking and language is the only way we can express it.
Language can be the thing that can make our culture. Because people can experience common things in that country, or spread some traits, and share culture with communication and sympathy, we are able to create culture and name it with our own language. We usually take using language for grant, however we should know that how the language is important in our lives. Language is dong big deal to maintain our society and save our lives and we should continue to create words for our healthy lives more and more.
There are so many things that people made for survival. Many invention, food, houses, everything around us can help us to live well. Our society has been changed by humans and developed by many inventors and leaders. Before the language exist, our lives was just like animals' lives. We just had used body language, hunt, built house with trees. Our left side of the brain would not develop at that time, and would have less ability. May be after using the tools, such as stone to hunt, sticks to indicate the number of the animals they hunted, and fire, we started to invent some 'words' to communicate each other in community. About 7,000 languages exist, every people learn their countries' language from other people. Before the babies speak, they have to receive special care from family, but after they grow up, they can learn language naturally to adapt in society.
People has had ability to speak and acquire ability to use language since thousands ago, and surprisingly, languages are still developed. Making and sharing information is an important trait of the language, and this trait can be basis of human invention. In other words, language can help another invention to be invented. Also only language can prove that we are thinking and language is the only way we can express it.
Language can be the thing that can make our culture. Because people can experience common things in that country, or spread some traits, and share culture with communication and sympathy, we are able to create culture and name it with our own language. We usually take using language for grant, however we should know that how the language is important in our lives. Language is dong big deal to maintain our society and save our lives and we should continue to create words for our healthy lives more and more.
