How popular is Gemma? Gemma is a very popular first name for females (#1711 out of 4276, Top 40%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#28049 out of 150436, Top 19%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Chomsky and Gould hypothesize that language may have evolved simply because the physical structure of the brain evolved, or because cognitive structures that were used for things like tool making or rule learning were also good for complex communication.
How Vikings Changed the English Language: Morphology. Morphology is the study of words. How words are structured, patterned and evolve tell us a lot about who influenced what language. In How Vikings Changed the English Language: Spelling we discussed how words were spelt in Old English and Norse â phonetically.