The History of Speech

The topic of speech has been around just about as long as when language was discovered millions of years ago. The topic is a separate one because language is not necessarily spoken: it can equally be written or even signed. Speech is in this sense optional, although it is the default modality for language. Uncontroversially monkeys, apes and humans, like many other animals, have evolved specialized mechanisms for producing sound for purposes of social communication. On the other hand, no monkey or ape uses its tongue for such purposes. Our species' unprecedented use of the tongue, lips and other moveable parts seems to place speech in a quite separate category, making its evolutionary emergence an intriguing theoretical challenge in the eyes of many scholars.

Social Impact of Speech

Speech has many different effects when it comes to personal and spiritual. The effects of speech could be either positive or negative depending on the individual and to have a very lasting effects on you or it could have no effect to the individual at all. Speech and language are vital for the development and social skills in children communication is one of the most important development tasks which takes place during early childhood development. It is then children begin to form their initial understanding of the world. Difficulty in the world of language and communication during childhood can hinder a child's ability to express their ideas and observations of the world around them. Great leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr and his “I Have a Dream” speech reached out to so many people even today it is widely known to people as to be one of the most inspirational speeches ever in history.