I heard once that the phonemes /m/ and /t/ were common to most, if not all, languages. Who hypothesized this and what books, journals, etc. might help me find more about this theory?
2007-02-18 05:05:35 · 4 answers · asked by lazyweb 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Most common are B, L, M, N, R ( not p as mentioned in the previous ost...arabic doesn't have a p)..
2007-02-18 21:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by zoomzoom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check into Linguistics. It's been a number of years since I took Linguistics but I remember in child language development the names of the immediate caretakers of children are all called by names that are formed from M, N, P, T, A (and I think e). They are the simplest sounds to make and they are the first ones that babies can say. Here is a place to start learning about Linguistics: http://tinyurl.com/26y4vs
2007-02-18 13:46:16 · answer #2 · answered by gaias_grotto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-18 06:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by CB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interpersonal communication? and i recommend Chomsky and peter Trudgill
2007-02-19 06:24:08 · answer #4 · answered by mimma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋