EDUC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Parietal Lobe, Frontal Lobe, Pragmatics
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Communication promotes the preservation, growth, and development of a species. Only humans have the capacity for speech. Human language is wholly creative and can be completely unpredictable. Uniquely situated larynx, longer throat, flexibility in small mouth/lips. Theorists differ on how to define language . Involves gesture, meaning, speech, writing, and cultural norms. May exaggerate language cues, helping babies perceive sounds that are fundamental to their native language. By the end of the first year, language takes on more adult like sentence structure and complexity. Girls are more often provided diminutives and this extends for longer periods. About 1 in every 1000 american infants is born deaf. Over 90% of deaf children have hearing parents. Children of deaf parents do not exhibit the same delays. Develop language like hearing children - babble - signs as 10 months olds. Extended repetition of certain syllables ba-ba-ba da-da-da . All babies in all cultures babble and gesture.
