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The vowel /a/ as the main portal to humanity’s language and culture faculties
The vowel /a/ as the main portal to humanity’s language and culture faculties

Author(s): Stanisław Puppel
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: oxygen-based language and culture complex (OBLCC); neonatal cry; auditive world of organization; first language acquisition; human hearing range;

Summary/Abstract: The vowel /a/ is regarded here as the initial sound, based on earlier vowel-like vocalization in humans, especially the neonate cry. This particular type of vocalization marks the true beginning of human language in the ontological perspective. Its presence is absolutely fundamental for the generation and maintenance of oxygen-based language and culture complex. All of human life is conducted in the human auditive world of organization based on the air (the aerial condition).

  • Issue Year: 65/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 77-82
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English