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Preprint . 2026
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The Primordial Echoes of Language - Chapter 4: Break

Authors: Dao, Quoc;

The Primordial Echoes of Language - Chapter 4: Break

Abstract

This chapter examines “Break” as a primordial sound-root (F0) arising from physical rupture events in early human environments, such as snapping branches, fracturing bones, or breaking stones. Rather than approaching “Break” as a moral, symbolic, or metaphorical concept, the chapter treats it as a neutral acoustic signal produced by structural discontinuity. By tracing the transition from silent physical forms (e.g., intact branches) to audible rupture events, the chapter proposes that early naming and sound-based memory were shaped not by stable forms, but by salient acoustic events. Within this framework, “Break” precedes related forms such as “Branch” in the logic of sound, even though the natural object exists prior to the rupture. The chapter further develops the F0–F1–F2 model of sound evolution, mapping how “Break” generates a family of related words across physical, social, and technological domains (e.g., branch, breach, crack, crash, brake, bread, breakfast). Comparative linguistic evidence from Indo-European and Germanic languages is used to support the hypothesis that “Break” represents an ancient, cross-cultural sound-root grounded in shared human sensory experience. Overall, this chapter establishes “Break” as a foundational auditory marker in the emergence of human language, emphasizing sound, memory, and context as the primary drivers of early lexical formation.

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