Anthropology 2245F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Language Acquisition Device, Universal Grammar, Noam Chomsky
23 Oct 2016
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Language acquisition device in brain that"s activated when children are. Belief of londoners: talking/listening is a bother; silence=respect. American man found it weird that everyone ignored each other. Came up with idea to pass out badges that encourage tube chat; this was. Know something about the language/competency of your interlocutor. Know the social rules of that given culture/group. All of the above in conjunction with grammar, vocab, etc. Universal grammar (ug) this happens across all languages in all humans. Ochs & schieffelin challenge chomsky and say he proposition is insufficient; interested in social. Chomsky: learning language not just this device chomsky suggests; idea of. Ochs & schieffelin: whole social being learning language & culture depend on each other outside our own world, we see that there are a acquire language and thus learn. Positioning of baby facing mother in western culture, facing outward in kahuli. Filling in the blanks and simplifying speech (caregiver speech,
