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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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