| 单词 | sing-song theory |
| 释义 | > as lemmassing-song theory sing-song theory n. the theory (propounded by Jespersen) that language evolved from primitive singing. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > [noun] > origin of language > theories of pooh-pooh theory1861 bow-wow theory1864 symphonesis1872 nativism1892 ta-ta theory1930 sing-song theory1939 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. 40 Language has been traced by some to primitive rhythmic chants and to singing (the sing-song theory). 1973 Current Anthropol. XIV. 27/3 He makes no reference to Jespersen's classic ‘sing-song’ theory of language origin (1922). Though this label was applied to Jespersen's hypothesis..by his critics, there seems little doubt that he believed language to have been chanted before it was spoken. < as lemmas |
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