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Morning
Leaders!!!
GROUP 4
▪ ERAGA JOY, C.
▪ LASALITA SHYNIE BABES, O.
▪ MILLONDAGA KRISTINE, P.
Otto Jesperson’s
Language Origin
Hypotheses Semiotics
or Sign Language
objectives
At the end of these weeks, the pre-teachers (PTS) should be
able to
a. trace the possibility of language origin in a cultural
(anthropological) perspective;
b. recognize sign language as language of cultural
significance to people with special needs;
c. and identify the different theories of anthropological
linguistics and relate them to society and language through
a case presentation.
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Otto Jesperson’s
Language Origin
Hypotheses
KRISTINE
His full name is “Jens Otto Harry
Jesperson”
Born on July 16, 1860 at Randers,
Denmark
Died April 30,1943 Roskilde,
Denmark at the age of 82 years old
A Danish Linguist and a Foremost
authority of English Grammar.
KRISTINE
He helped to revolutionize language teaching in
Europe, he contributed greatly to the
advancements of phonetics, linguistic theory,
and the history of English, and originated on
international language Navial (q.v).
However, in the 19th century, philosophers and
linguist proposed a number of hypotheses to explain
the origin of language, which are noteworthy for
their names even if none of them have vanquished
their competitions in the battles of scientific
credibility.
KRISTINE
The Danish
Linguist Otto
Jesperson
classified theories
of language origin
into five group
KRISTINE
Bow- Bow Theory
▪Language began as imitations of natural
sounds – moo, choochoo,crash,clang,buzz,bang,meow.
KRISTINE
▪This is more technically referred to as
onomatopoeia or echoism.
Pooh- Pooh Theory
▪Language began with interjections,instinctive
emotive cries such as OH! For surprise and
OUCH! for pain.
KRISTINE
Ding-Dong Theory
▪ This theory maintains that speech arose in response
to the essential qualities of objects in the
environment,.
KRISTINE
▪ The original sounds people made were supposedly in
harmony with the world around them..
La-La Theory
▪ La-la theory is the name of one of the speculative
theories about the origins of language,This theory
claims that speech originated in song, play, laughter,
and other aspects of romantic side of life.
▪ It also argues some of our first words were long and
musical rather than shorts grunts some theories
suppose we started with..
KRISTINE
Sing-Song Theory
▪ Jesperson suggested that language comes out of
play, laughter,cooing,courtship, emotional
mutterings and the like.
▪ He even suggests that, contrary to other theories,
perhaps some of our first words were actually long
and musical, rather than the short grunts many
assume we started with.
KRISTINE
Semiotics or Sign
Language
JOY
Semiotics or Sign Language
Semiotics is the theory and study of signs
and symbols, especially as elements of
language or other systems of
communication.
Linguistics and cultural semiotics investigates
sign systems and the modes of representation
that human use to convey feelings, thoughts,
ideas, and ideologies.
JOY
SEMIOTICS
▪ Semiotics is derived from the Greek word “semeiotikos” , which
means an observant of signs.
▪ Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols. It is how signs and
symbols are used to communicate and develop interpretations.
▪ Semiotics tries to know how the meaning of a text, a behavior
or an object builds itself. It tries to describe the organization of
the meaning.
JOY
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
Signs
Signs is a symbol which is
understood to refer to
something other than
itself.
JOY
Symbols
Symbol is an object that
represents, stands for or
suggest an idea or visual
images
Practice of Semiotics and History
A semiotician is a person studies or
practices semiotics, deals with
symbols. These may be in a form of
image, pattern and motion and convey
meaning.
JOY
Semiotics was founded by
a Swiss linguist,
Ferdinand de Saussure
and refers to this as “ the
life of signs within
society”.
JOY
It is also a key into the evolution of human
conciousness. English philosopher John
Locke (1632-1704) tied the advancement of
intelligence in three steps.
John Locke (1632-1704)
SHYNIE
01
02
The ability to
communicate these
things to another.
Understanding the
nature of things
Understanding what to do
to achieve whatever you
wish to achieve.
SHYNIE
03
❑ He said that signs work only if there is an
intelligence capable of learning from
experience.
❑ Pierce’s conception of semiotics was
triadic; sign, meaning, and interpreting.
Charles Sanders Pierce
(1839-1914)
SHYNIE
Sign Language
Sign language makes use of the hands,
facial expression and other gestures
usually used by deaf of the hearingimpaired individuals. However , sign
language may also be very helpful for
individuals with intellectual and physical
disabilities especially those with
communication problems like autism and
apraxia of speech.
SHYNIE
What is going on around us are full with signs
and symbols. The sign is usually as important
for us to know as the sign itself in order to
interpret its meaning. Semiotics is the key
tool to ensure that intended meanings (of for
instance a piece of communication or a new
product) are unambiguously understood by
the person on the receiving end.
SHYNIE
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