Were 'iconic' sounds the root of first languages? Our ancestors may have begun communicating with each other using sounds, rather than gestures, to describe the world around them.
Posted 15 October 2021 Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day English Language and Linguistics PhD student Ashley Blake has written about the importance of International Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day and her research study for adults with learning difficulties.
Posted 14 June 2021 Metaphor and the COVID-19 Pandemic Professor Jeanette Littlemore discusses how Jonathan Van Tam and others use metaphors when talking about the Covid-19 Pandemic, and why it works.
Posted 12 May 2021 Ancestors may have created 'iconic' sounds as bridge to first languages The 'missing link' that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, giving rise to the unique human power to coin new words describing the world around us