----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:39
PM
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Re: language
origin
Gerry:
>If one rejects a Darwinian paradigm and instead views
both biological and
>psychological studies (both mind and body) in a
similar fashion, then Ernst
>Haeckel's embryo development
can
>accompany "brain science" as illustrated by McClean as well as
by
>Wilder Penfield.
All you're doing, Gerry, is cloaking your
rebuttals in a series
of sesquipedalian strands that make the subject seem
far more
library-dependant than it really is. The matter is simple
and
self-evident and doesn't require special postmodern terms
like
"embryo development" or "brain science".
GRW: Aw come on Glennie. Sesquipedalian
strands -- where did you dig that one up? I think we have the perfect
example of the pot calling the kettle black! Look up Haeckel,
McClean and Wilder Penfield in your favorite brower (I use Google) and see
what happens? Then if you become curious, you might see what Triune
Brain reveals.
A slow evolution of language is the ONLY explanation. In
contrast,
a sudden, spontaneous origin to human language is as likely
as
spontaneous combustion. It takes _two_ people to speak but
the
genesis of language requires some previous communication to
begin
with, bringing us to an immediate paradox. So anything other
than an
evolution of language is entirely counterlogical (but sells
many books to
be later quoted by eager book beavers like yourself).
GRW: Yes, a slow evolution is a good
explanation. But when does it begin for human language? Language
constantly changes as new vocabulary is added while grammatical structure
changes from useage. Why not begin the "origin" of human language with a
small group (theoretical of course). The question that still remains
foremost is when did the first group begin speaking?
Perhaps you should peel the onions... I'll just make some
instant
soup instead. The former cooking activity is fun, even
romantic;
the latter practical.
GRW: If it's practical you're after, why not open a
can?
Gerry