PSY274H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Feral Child, First Language, Language Disorder
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Week 1 assignment, language matters chapters 1,3 and 6. Chapter 1: how do we acquire language: begins in the womb for hearing fetuses. Therefore, conscious language is not necessary for first language acquisition: the above is not due to mimicking: some children grow to adolescence in almost complete linguistic deprivation. A feral boy was not able to learn language even after being taught. Issue of translation between languages: types of translation: Intersemiotic translation: interpretation of one medium to another. Interlingual translation: one human language to another human language. Is true language translation possible: one flaw to this argument is the assumption that there is one correct way to interpret any text ex. Different translators will offer different translations having both strengths and drawbacks. It is possible to be proficient enough in a language to express ourselves as effectively in it as in our native language. Chapter 6- do animals have language: what is language, passing of information? too vague ex.
