1. Historical Linguistics
The birthdate of Linguistics

2. Aristotle – Plato (427-348 BC)– Panini (4BC)

3. 1762
Bishop Robert Lowth: “A short Introduction to English Grammar with Critical Notes”

4. The birthdate of Linguistics: 1786 Sir William Jones: Sanskrit

5. Evolution of Language Young Grammarians: Language Regularities

6. The Father of Linguistics Descriptive Linguistics Structural Linguistics

7. Noam Chomsky Syntactic Structures Generative Grammar
1960

8. Theories of Language Origin
Historical Linguistics

9. Divine Theories Babel Tower

11. Divine Theories
Thoth
Nabu

12. Divine Theory
Hindus: Sarasvati

13. Pharaoh P s a m m e t i c h u s BC
First Experiment

14. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II of Hosenstaufen Second experiment
13th Century
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II of Hosenstaufen Second experiment

15. James IV of Scotland Third Experiment

16. 16th Century
Johannes Goropius Becanus “The perfect language” “all languages derived ultimately from Brabantic”
His etymologies have been considered "linguistic chauvinism."
Leibniz coined the term "goropism" to mean "absurd etymology." 
"Never have I read greater nonsense," the scholar Joseph Scaliger wrote
of Goropius' etymologies.

17. 1830
Noah Webster = Aramaic

18. 1887
Joseph Elkins

19. Theory of Evolution of Languages

20. Ding-Dong: onomatopoeia
Pooh-pooh: sighs of pleasure,
moans of pain, and other semi-involuntary
cries or exclamations
Ta-ta: oral gestures from hand gestures
Uh-oh: warnings
Bow-wow: animal sounds
Yo-he-ho: rhythmic chants and vocalisms
Monogenesis: one common source

21. How are
they related
to Language?

22. Task 3 Write your own theory of language origin
Homework
Task 3
Write your own theory of language origin