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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Archibald Henry Sayce
Date:
28 July 1877
Source of text:
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. lett. d. 63, fols. 51–2)
Summary:

Thinks "mum" comes from shutting the mouth repeatedly as a sign of wanting to eat.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Archibald Henry Sayce
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 July 1877
Source of text:
DAR 177: 45
Summary:

Having read CD’s article in Mind ["Biographical sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200], AHS questions CD about the child’s first attempts at speech, hoping to throw light on the origin of language.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Archibald Henry Sayce
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 July 1877
Source of text:
DAR 177: 46
Summary:

Thanks CD for statement about children’s speech. Asks permission to quote him in his forthcoming book.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Archibald Henry Sayce
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Aug 1877
Source of text:
DAR 177: 47
Summary:

Thanks CD for permission to quote his comments; mentions some of his conclusions with regard to the early speech of children.

Thanks for [newspaper] account of American Philological Association meeting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project