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A perfect command of language rules is traceable to strict adherence to language theories. The theories of language are an essential component in studying and analyzing the root of many linguistic rules, principles and guidelines surrounding the structure and composition of language. Many contemporary linguistics and researchers in applied linguistics recently appraise language theories and consider it as light and wayout to recent problems surrounding the study of language. The current study observes that many speakers and writers have neglected language theories in the construction of their speech and write-ups, thus exposing them to grammatical errors and writing mistakes. The current study aims to explain theories attached to the origin and development of language. The study attempts to present a proposal that would make language theories a prerequisite to learn and teach languages. The path that language mostly follows in evolution, change and development makes the study adopt a descriptive approach to understand the flow of language origin, change, evolution and development. Thereafter, the study sees cognitive theory, behavioral theory, structural theory and the transformational generative theory as integral in teaching, studying and learning language. The outcome of the study reiterates that language theories must be prioritized and be taken into account while teaching and learning languages.
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