单词 | yo-he-ho theory |
释义 | > as lemmasyo-he-ho theory yo-he-ho theory n. a theory proposing that human speech originated in sounds produced in or to accompany the performance of strenuous physical tasks; cf. bow-wow theory at bow-wow int. and n. 2b. [After bow-wow theory at bow-wow int. and n. 2b. Π 1888 F. M. Müller Nat. Relig. (1889) xiv. 373 The Pooh-pooh theory, the Bow-wow theory, and the Yo-heho theory, completely fail to explain..how conceptual words arose. 1973 Current Anthropol. 14 10/1 With the interjectional or ‘pooh-pooh’ theory and the work-chant or ‘yo-he-ho’ theory it shares only the idea that vocalization may accompany strong emotion or physical exertion. 2009 Russ. Linguistics 33 336 The yo-he-ho theory , according to which sounds that were produced as a by-product of muscular effort turned into vocal language in situations requiring collective co-ordination of such efforts. < as lemmas |
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