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language, and every sound means something to other animals of their kind. Now, when a deer throws up its head suddenly, all the other ^-^v
throw up their heads. Thai is a sign
meaning " listen.'1 I f the object seen by the first den seems suspicious, it utters a low note. Thai is a word. It means "Look out!" If next the firsl deer decides thai the object is an enemy to be feared, it makes a further of Language,
called intonation, which is a sharp Cry that means "Run for your Life!" Please note these three steps: a sign or gesture, a note
Or word, an emphasis or intonation. Xow. that is probably the
way that primitive m a n and woman first j a n to talk. And oext, the first notes became
words, and words
soon became sentences. You all
know how much • •an be said without even a word. < >ur mod. -ni Motion Pictures tell
us that. And \ OU
know how easy it is to beckon, to
point tO an object, and to Order a
on away, w ithoul using a single word. This is the gesture Language.
And \ .»ii kni.w thai we can all use our
to express \ an. .us emol ions and
smitnii. mis. mi.-!, as Love, hate, Buret Pear, anger and pleasure. Now,
just imagine that a man and his w if.
and child are living m th. ir cave, thousands of 3 1 they
Learnl verj man} words and BenSuppose that the woman and
I went <>ut t.i gather some berries
fond, and that the man. who was
ps preparing the skin of an
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animal to make clothes, finds that he has to go away to kill more animals. II. wants to leave word for his wife, for he does not know where to find her. ( )r. perhaps, at another time, they find that there are wolves or other dangerous animals in the neighborhood, and they want to notify other cave-men of their danger. Or. possibly, the people Living in the several caves of this particular neighborhood are fearing attack by s o in e s a v a g e tribe. In all these
it is 1. sary to talk by means of writtt n language. They h a v e no teleg r a p h s . telephones and posto f 1 i e e s . They have v e l y fewwords. They have no alphabet. They do not know how to write. What are they to do.' T h e y d r a w pictures! They illustrate w h a t they have to say. P e r h a p s they take a piece of
flint, and carve
an image of the thing t o b e
feared, on a tree or on a rock, so that others : ing that way may he warned. These drawings must have been very crude, hut it is not hard for a mere child to draw a face so that we would know what it was intended for. even if it were only a circle with two dots for e\ es, a line for a nose and a mark for the mouth. And if the father should add feathers at the top, it would indicate an Indian: and if a few lines at the
bottom, it would indicate a beard.
And it would not be difficult to add a body, a line t'or an arm. and in the hand a huge (dub, which would no doubt convey the idea that there was