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  2. Origin of speech - Wikipedia

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    Humans' first recourse is to encode their thoughts in sound – a method which depends on sophisticated capacities for controlling the lips, tongue and other components of the vocal apparatus. The speech organs evolved in the first instance not for speech but for more basic bodily functions such as feeding and breathing.

  3. List of speeches - Wikipedia

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    1944: The First Bayeux speech, delivered by General Charles de Gaulle of France in the context of liberation after the Normandy landings. 1944: Patton's Speech, a profanity-laden speech to the United States Third Army by United States General George S. Patton, calling for the troops' bravery in

  4. Origin of language - Wikipedia

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    The origin of language, its relationship with human evolution, and its consequences have been subjects of study for centuries.Scholars wishing to study the origins of language draw inferences from evidence such as the fossil record, archaeological evidence, contemporary language diversity, studies of language acquisition, and comparisons between human language and systems of animal ...

  5. 7 telling moments from Putin's first speech since Trump won - AOL

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    "The former world arrangement is irreversibly passing away, actually it has already passed away, and a serious, irreconcilable struggle is unfolding for the development of a new world order," he said.

  6. History of communication - Wikipedia

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    Human communication was initiated with the origin of speech approximately 100,000 BCE. [1] Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago. The imperfection of speech allowed easier dissemination of ideas and eventually resulted in the creation of new forms of communication, improving both the range at which people could communicate and the longevity of the information.

  7. President George H. W. Bush's first inauguration speech: Full ...

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    Bush kicked off his speech by acknowledging his former running mate and president, and pledged to lead in a "moment rich with promise." Read the full text of the speech below:

  8. President Bill Clinton's first inauguration speech: Full text

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    Read the full text of the speech below: ... but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring, a spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy that brings forth the ...

  9. List of languages by first written account - Wikipedia

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    Although the first known text by native speakers dates to 1885, the first record of the language is a list of words recorded in 1793 by Alexander MacKenzie. 1885: Motu: grammar by W.G. Lawes: 1886: Guugu Yimidhirr: notes by Johann Flierl, Wilhelm Poland and Georg Schwarz, culminating in Walter Roth's The Structure of the Koko Yimidir Language ...