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1、Whylanguageishumanspecific?Abstract:Asfortheviewthatlanguageisspecificforhumanbeings,wecanconcludeitonthebasisoftheformationandtheparticularcharactersofhumanlanguage.Thereforewecanconcludethattheformationofhumanlanguageisthemutualeffectoftheinternalchangesandtheexter
2、nalenvironment.Humanlanguagehasalotofuniquecharacterssuchascreativityandproductivity.Finallywecangettheconclusionthatlanguageisspecificforhumanbeings.Introduction:Theclaimthatlanguageishumanspecificimpliesthathumanscantalk,butotheranimalscannot.Theremustbesomethingpa
3、rticular.Tohaveabetterunderstandingofthis,wehavehadafatherexplorationfromhumandevelopmentprocessandlanguagefeatures.Languageisauniquehumantraitwhichhasbeenaprerequisiteforthedevelopmentofhumanculture.Inourviewpoint,whylanguageishumanspecificisduetofourreasonsasfollow
4、s.1.Specialgenesprovidethepossibilityforthevocalability.TheresearchconductedbythescientistsofBritishAcademyfoundthathumanbeingshavethegeneFOXP2.Anditspeculiarlocationonchromosome7hasagreatimpactonthecapacityofspeaking.Thisgeneisdisruptedbytranslocationinanunrelatedin
5、dividualwhohasasimilardisorder.Thus,twofunctionalcopiesofFOXP2seemtoberequiredforacquisitionofnormalspokenlanguage.2.Physiologicalbasisisthefundamentalfactorforspeaking.①Sophisticatebrainstructure.Ourbrainhasaparticularpartforspeaking,reading,andlistening,whichnameds
6、peechcenter.Speechcenterisresponsibleforlanguageexpressionandothersenioractivities.Afamousresearchshownthatifanypartofyourspeechcenterisdestroyed;unfortunately,youwillgetAphasiaorothersdiseasesrelatedtolanguage.②Specialspeechorgans.Fromthefore-languagestagetomaturela
7、nguagestage,humanbeings’pronunciationorganshasevolvedwell,peoplecanbeabletospeakoutcomplexsyllables,wordsandsentences.Theotherreasonfortheclaimthatlanguageishumanspecificisthattherearecertaincharacteristicsofhumanlanguage.Theyarenotfoundinthecommunicationsystemsofany
8、otherspecies.Linguistsgenerallybelievethatlanguageconsistsofaseriesofsymbolsandthecombinationrulesofthesesymbols(syntax)composition
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