UGC NET Linguistics Q83

Question

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: All modern languages have some words with pronunciations that seem to echo naturally occurring sounds.
Reason R: When different objects flew by, making a caw-caw or coo-coo sound, the early human tried to imitate the sounds and then used them to refer to those objects even when they weren't present.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Accepted Answer

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A