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bow-wow theory
b. attributive.
/ˈbaʊwaʊ/, as in bow-wow theory, applied in ridicule to the theory that human speech originated in the imitiation of animal sounds.
/ˈbaʊwaʊ/, as in bow-wow theory, applied in ridicule to the theory that human speech originated in the imitiation of animal sounds.ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > [noun] > origin of language > theories of
pooh-pooh theory1861
bow-wow theory1864
symphonesis1872
nativism1892
ta-ta theory1930
sing-song theory1939
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 14 Mar. (1939) 135 The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going.
1864 F. M. Müller Lect. Sci. Lang. 2nd Ser. 87 The strong objection..to what I called the Bow-wow and the Pooh-pooh theories.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 33 Advocates of the ‘Bow-wow’ theory of the origin of language may find convincing facts among the Zuñis.
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