EARLIEST HUMAN SPEECH.
A Frenchman mimed Olairefond lias published a email woik iu which he revivea the argument that, the earliest attempt at human speech wore imitations of natural sounds or the cries of animals; and he contends that out of recollections ami repetitious of those sounds tho names of certain natural phenomena, and of animals and other objects, originated, lie finds numerous examples in the French language, and thinks that proofs might bo found iu other languages if search were made, and suggests that the Geographical to defy of Paris might, furnish instructions to their travellers to collect from among the natives of different countries all the sounds traceable to the source indicated above. M. Clairefond is of |opinion that the series of sounds, words, and expressions thus collected would aid in the discovery of the origin of language. Taken in connection with natural sounds, tho origin of words iu our own language—such as thunder, sigh, whisper—becomes evident.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1831, 5 January 1880, Page 3
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159EARLIEST HUMAN SPEECH. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1831, 5 January 1880, Page 3
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