Language and Culture – Evolugtion of Language

Assignment – Essay 1 – ANTH 354 – Language and Culture
Length: 2000 words (approximately 6–8 typed pages)
You MUST use at least four (4) outside academic sources such as articles from academic journals or from other textbooks.
One of the references used must be:
Rowe, Bruce, and Diane Levine. A Concise Introduction to Linguistics, 4th Edition. New York: Routledge, 2016
Topic:
a) Some language scholars argue that language is far too complex to have evolved slowly over time through natural selection.
b) instead, they support the idea of a sudden emergence of language.

c) Others suggest that changes were continuous and date back to a time prior to Homo Sapiens.

d) Some believe that we can trace all language back to a single mother tongue (monogenesis)

e) others argue that there are multiple beginnings for modern languages (polygenesis).

f) Some ask if gestures preceded speech?

g) while others argue that gestures co-evolved with speech.
Evaluate these debates using the research of contemporary scholars. Use APA
– Please provide hard copies of all the references used.
– Advise if need additional information from Rowe, Bruce, and Diane Levine. A Concise Introduction to Linguistics, 4th Edition. New York: Routledge, 2016
– Ensure page numbers are used in the body of the paper