Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997 was the topic of an earlier blog post,
Here I present: Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997, PART TWO (II).
COMMENTS.
Reading is under represented in Terrance Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997. This blog post adds some things that general readers need to know about reading.
The fusiform gyrus is anatomically the structure for function of reading. Fusiform gyrus is also call Brodmann Area #37. Fusiform gyrus is part both the temporal lobe and occipital lobe of the cerebrum (shown ABOVE). This is on the left cerebral hemisphere, interior surface. The exterior surface of the left cerebral hemisphere contains Arcuate Fasciculus (between Broca and Wernicke areas) shown in diagram.
The development of writing in 3,500 BC in Sumer Mesopotamia’ is shown BELOW.
The Mesopotamian’ Sumerian language uses three-digit number of logograms; and, BELOW is a list of two-hundred seventy-five (#275) logograms.
LOGOGRAMS (#275).
0 𒊹. One
1 𒌋 𒀸 𒁹 𒀹 𒀺. Five
2 𒈨 𒇲 𒁇 𒁁. Four
3 𒉡 𒀀 𒉺 𒅆 𒋡 𒌍 𒄑 𒆕 𒆳 𒋻 𒀼 𒀶. Twelve
4 𒁀 𒄭 𒄷 𒉿 𒋛 𒉌 𒍝 𒌓 𒆜 𒃻 𒄷 𒀭 𒊩 𒁷 𒂟. Fifteen
5 𒁺 𒁍 𒄿 𒋾 𒌒 𒌨 𒂷 𒀊 𒀊 𒊑 𒈠 𒆪 𒀁 𒀂 𒀪 𒀾 𒁺 𒂉 𒂷. Nineteen
6 𒋫 𒁲 𒍑 𒌑 𒃲 𒆗 𒋗 𒉣 𒊒 𒌌 𒀅 𒀫 𒀽 𒂅 𒂽. Fifteen
7 𒌉 𒈬 𒊕 𒄖 𒂊 𒁴 𒀴 𒁄 𒁳 𒁶 𒐌. Eleven
8 𒆠 𒅎 𒇽 𒅁 𒍪 𒊏 𒂖 𒁉 𒋜 𒀄 𒀮 𒀿 𒁂 𒁔 𒂖. Fifteen
9 𒆤 𒈾 𒉈 𒂍 𒂼 𒈪 𒈤 𒄀 𒋤 𒉈 𒂗 𒀋 𒀒 𒀠 𒁊 𒁓 𒁯 𒁼 𒁽 𒂊 𒂠 𒂼. Twenty-Two
10 𒁮 𒋧 𒁕 𒀃 𒀈 𒀵 𒁋𒁐𒁮𒁻𒂂𒂃𒂆𒂗 𒂡 𒂻. Sixteen
11 𒀝 𒅅 𒅗 𒆷 𒁕 𒍣 𒂦 𒅔 𒉆 𒄀 𒈗 𒃶 𒀆 𒀍 𒀳 𒁖 𒁵 𒂓 𒂦 𒂺. Twenty
12 𒌦 𒁕 𒀎 𒀐 𒀑 𒀣 𒀯 𒁒 𒁱 𒂁 𒂚. Eleven
13 𒄀 𒉆 𒅔 𒂦 𒍣 𒀇 𒀧 𒁌 𒁾 𒂄 𒂢 𒂴. Twelve
14 𒃶 𒈗 𒀌 𒁅 𒁸 𒂇 𒂏 𒂑 𒂣 𒂥 𒂰 𒂴 𒂸. Thirteen
15 𒌅 𒉘 𒌅 𒀣 𒀨 𒁎. Six
16 𒈿 𒅋 𒀡 𒀢 𒂞 𒂤 𒂩 𒂲 𒂳. Nine
17 𒀉 𒀦 𒀥 𒁆 𒂀 𒂘 𒂙 𒂫. Eight
18 𒇷 𒊷 𒁣 𒂈 𒂔 𒂕 𒂧. Seven
19 𒆓 𒀲 𒁗 𒁩 𒁪 𒁰 𒂐 𒂛. Eight
20 𒅍 𒁟 𒁡 𒂒 𒂜. Five
21 𒀩 𒁘 𒁠 𒁥 𒁥 𒁭 𒂯. Seven
22 𒁈 𒁿. Two
23 𒀷 𒁚 𒁞 𒁪 𒂨 𒂸. Six
24 𒍜 𒁝 𒁬 𒂮. Four
25 𒁃 𒁏. Two
26 𒆓 𒁢 𒂌 𒂱. Four
27 𒊍 𒁤 𒁦 𒁧 𒂱. Five
28 𒀻 𒁛. Two
29 𒆟. One
30 𒁜 𒂎. Two
33 𒁙 𒁙. Two
36 𒀰. One
40 𒂝. One
51 𒂭. One
72 𒀱. One
Here I presented: Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997, PART TWO (II).
SUMMARY.
The “Ancient & Mystical Alphabets” chart is shown HERE.
This chart shows Anglo-Roman letters (abc’s) as derived from cuneiform writings.
Most other writing systems are derived from cuneiform, with the exception of Chinese (which emerged independently).
Anatomical ideas were the subject of this blog post. Two regions presented are the Arcuate Fasciculus and the Fusiform Gyrus. Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997 is useful anatomically for general-readers to follow the ideas of language-brain evolution.
Sumerian cuneiform writing began in 3,500 BC as a milestone in cultural evolution.
