PLIC55H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Flat Earth, William Stokoe, Babbling
Document Summary
Isaac asimov (1988): the relativity of the wrong. In science, sensing which ideas/theories are more right/wrong is more important than knowing which ideas are actually right or wrong: ex. Flat earth theory is more wrong than spherical earth theory which is more wrong than oblate spheroid theory which in turn is more than pear-shape theory. Lang is often regarded with the nativist view: assumes humans are programmed with a capacity for acquiring any lang, particular aspect of lang ability are genetically specified. The linguistics society of paris banned papers about the origins of language at conferences in 1866 because so little was known about the topic. Primate vocalizations: monkeys and apes lack hockett"s design features regarding inventiveness and productivity. Language at large 2. 1: engineering the perfect language: john wilkins, a philosopher in the 1600s proposed a universal lang in which each sound communicated a concept, and hierarchical structure, ex.
