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Title: The origins of writing: A neurolinguistic perspective on written communication
Authors: del Pilar Jiménez-Pérez, Elena
García Guirao, Pedro
Affiliation: University of Málaga, Spain
Bibliographic description (Ukraine): Jiménez-Pérez, E. del P., & García Guirao, P. The origins of writing: A neurolinguistic perspective on written communication / Elena del Pilar Jiménez-Pérez, Pedro García Guirao // East European Journal of Psycholinguistics. - № 2(10), 2023. - p. 33-46.
Issue Date: 2023
Date of entry: 7-Sep-2024
Publisher: Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University
Country (code): UA
Place of the edition/event: Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29038/eejpl.2023.10.2.jim
Keywords: classification of writing stages
writing periods
globalization
psycholinguistics
origin of writing
Page range: 33-46
Abstract: If homo sapiens, understood as the evolution of the current human being, was characterized by a cerebral advance and a much more evolved communicative capacity than its ancestors, then it is not conceivable that the origin of writing as the maximum exponent of homo sapiens’ need for communication did not improve until many thousands of years later. The fact that the first linguistic system perfected and agreed upon by an entire society dates from 3,500 years ago does not prove that this is the origin of writing. Writing, as the origin of the word itself indicates (both in Spanish and English), implies an attempt to communicate in writing and does not require a sophisticated and mature language with a developed grammar, phonetics, or semantics. No matter how rough, clumsy, crude, sparse, scanty, and incomprehensible these early written manifestations may have been, they are samples of writing. Taking into account this starting point, which is not new, the present study suggests a new classification of the origin of writing up to the present day. As long as no more ancient writing endeavors appear, the first attempts at written communication date back to about 40,000 years ago. From then until now, three periods have developed from the linguistic point of view: proto-writing, emergent writing, and maturity. These periods match the cognitive development of human beings with respect to their historical achievements of globalization.
URI: https://evnuir.vnu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/24613
Copyright owner: © East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 2023
Content type: Article
Appears in Collections:East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 2023, Volume 10, Number 2

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