In this chapter you’ll learn about the complex relationship between language and identity. Language reflects both the individual characteristics of a person, as well as the beliefs and practices of his or …

Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Yule presents information in bite-sized sections, clearly explaining the major concepts in linguistics through all the key elements of language.

Language as Technology To appear in In Search of Universal Grammar: From Norse to Zoqu. Ed. by Terje L. ty of Chicago Abstract Over the past two decades, studies of the phylogenetic emergence of …

Language is the collection of all efforts human use to communicate. Whether spoken, written, or insinuated by movement and gesture, the five characteristics of language remain relevant and …

There are four main theories that explain speech and language development: nativistic, behavioral, semantic-cognitive, and social-pragmatic.. This article will provide you with a brief overview of their …

mar cte it. In comparing attempts to teach an ape human language with the language acquisition of small children, we ask whether human language has evolved from some shared, pre-existing …

Language acquisition is one of the central topics in cognitive science. Every theory of cognition has tried to explain it; probably no other topic has aroused such controversy. Possessing a language is the …