AGENT-BASED MULTI-SENSE SYSTEM—A PROPOSED THEORY F...
So far，we have a tentative study towards a micro-level of language evolution.From neuron to human senses，from human brain to muti-modular mind，and from environment to agent-based environmental interaction，we can see language evolution is truly through five or six senses of human body interacting with environments，and language evolution is a process of human body interacting with environments.When talking，our senses are involved；when listening，our senses are participated；when reading，our senses are concentrating；when writing，our senses are attending；when resting，our senses are reviewing；when seeing，our senses are analyzing.Therefore，language acquisition is experiencing of five senses，and all language communications are guided by senses，and new words come from the result of either one or more senses interaction.Neither biological nor cultural studies can reveal such a dynamic complex process.Without human body with the main senses as the channels，language evolution and language communication can not be realized.Therefore it is time to correct the big mistake：
· Human being do not interact with environments by languge but by body as a whole；
· Communication is only by human body as a whole，using all senses linguistically and physically；language and brain are just parts of human body；
· Language evlution is not caused by language but by body as a whole when interact with environments；
· Language evolution has to take into account of all functions that a body has.Based on this pointview，we finally propose our theory—Agent-based Multi-sense System（AMS）to complement the explanation of language evolution，which conclude the following key elements：
· Human being interacts with environment by the agent in stead of any individual part like language.
· Interaction occurs both internally and externally，both of them involving many complex elements.
· The body comprises of biological system，cognitive system，language，linguistically and non-linguistically.
· Interaction to environment by any individual will integrate all systems（taste，touch and vision）as a whole，as a unique agent rather than by language.
The new AMS could accommodate all vocabularies by categorization of names and actions into Five-Sense System，since language change may start with either one or two more senses interacted with environments.For example，by this approach，all words either existing or newly borrowed could be sorted into five main categories based on five senses of human body.The newly loan words in terms of selective fitness can also be accounted for by the system.Even the object one has not seen before（lack of）may be borrowed by visual sense like手表、干部.All five of the senses can be used for learning.The vast majority of people learn most effectively through visual means.Figure 11 ＆ 12 shows the category of“think”and“thing” linking with all senses.13It will be a very meaningful study to arrange all English nouns by semantic meaning into AMS in the future，which will definitely reveal English evolution clearly.
Figure12 Word with taste sense from WordNet
Figure13 Word with visual sense from WordNet
Our Chinese ancestors were wise enough to learn the objective world through their own body，using all kinds of senses to experience the other things.Just as what The Book of Change says：Anciently，when Pio-hsl had come to the rule of all under heaven，looking up，he contemplated the brilliant forms exhibited in the sky，and looking down he surveyed the patterns shown on the earth.He contemplated the ornamental appearances of birds and beasts and the（different）suitabilities of the soil.Near at hand，in his own person，he found things for consideration，and the same at a distance，in things in general.On this he devised the eight trigrams，to show fully the attributes of the spirit-like and intelligent（operations working secretly），and to classify the qualities of the myriads of things（James Legge，1966：382-383）.（“仰则观象于天，俯则观法于地，观鸟兽之文与地之宜，近取诸身，远取诸物，于是始作八卦，以通神明之德，以类万物之情。”《周易·系辞下传》）.That's why there are a lot of nouns and names from our senses.Therefore，AMS provides us a powerful tool to analyse the words evolution.For example，白云（white clouds），白纸（white paper，virgin paper）are from our sight，while白痴（idiot），白领（white collar）are not directly from our vision，to be more specific，they are extended by visual metaphor or metonymy.Then what about白酒（spirit；white spirit，distilled spirit），白菜（cabbage）？In fact白酒comes from two senses，one is taste sense（strong-wine）and the other is visual sense（color+seeing，processing+seeing）.And in the same way，白菜also comes from two senses of taste and color.
By bridging language evolution with concrete new lexicon，there is no other system like AMS that would be the most powerful interpretating model for language evolution.Evolution will start with either one sense or two more senses of human body.Human being could only use these five channels of the body，interacting with the environment，and survive from there！