LING 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Visual System

• School: UConn
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 1010
• Professor: Akihiko Arano( T A)

Document Summary

Perception, memory, language, emotions, learning, decision making, logic, free will, knowledge, dreams, sensation. The mind is structured, it works in a specific way. Language is a part of our mind. How much is part of our genetic code and how much is learned from experience? (nature vs nurture) Linguistics - the scientific study of language (not a language" or languages"), analysis of language form, language meaning, and language context, study of the ability to use and acquire language. Language" - the ability to acquire and use systems of communication. A language" - any specific collection of outputs of our ability (ex. Cannot observe our ability to speak directly. Can observe what our ability produces (ei. Linguistics collect linguistic evidence/data of languages, describe what is possible and what is impossible, and try to find regularities. Limited because absence of written/record sources does not necessarily mean that an example is not allowed. To see if examples are allowed or not.