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yo-ho-ho theory  
  
531   08:10 صباحاً   date: 2023-12-08
Author : David Crystal
Book or Source : A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics
Page and Part : 527-25


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yo-ho-ho theory

The name of one of the speculative theories about the origins of LANGUAGE: it argues that SPEECH arose because, as people worked together, their physical efforts produced communal, rhythmical grunts, which in due course developed into chants, and thus language. The main evidence is the use of universal PROSODIC features (but these provide only a small part of language structure). The term has no standing in contemporary LINGUISTICS.