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Language: our spoken, written, or signed
words and the ways we combine them tocommunicate meaning.
Conveys meaningArbitrary
Flexible
Allows us to name objectsEnables us to talk about something not present
Generative; we generate, not repeat sentences
Steven Pinker
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Month Stag e
4 Babbles all human phonemes
10 Babbling reveals household language
12 One-word stage
24 Two-
word, telegraphic speech
24+Language develops rapidly intocomplete sentences
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Babbling
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Language-specific babbling
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One word
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Telegraphic speech
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Sentences
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Two theories on language acquisition
BF SkinnerNoam Chomsky
Nature Nurture
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Linguistic Relativity(Sapir-Whorfhypothesis): a cultures linguistic concepts
affect the perception and cognition ofmembers of that culture
In the extreme: linguistic determinism
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Do not read the word, just say thename of the color . . .
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