Entries from Group 4 Language Blog tagged with 'From the Class'
Confused about sign
In the reading, Susan Goldin-Meadow discusses David, and other participants, in her study and how they use â??homesigns.â?? She further discusses the types of gestures that these participants use. An example is how David signals the difference between nouns and...
Language Instincts
Chapter 4 discusses interesting views of modern linguistics and I found myself asking quite a few questions. To begin, on page 55 Fox discusses Chomskyâ??s argument for how speaking children are capable of testing, rejecting and revising their use of...
How is language acquired for children?
In chapter 4 of Talking Hands, Fox discusses the way children acquire language. I guess I am confused about how this process works for both deaf and hearing babies. On page 65, she talks about between the ages of about...
Language vs Speech
Saussure stated that there is a difference between language and speech. He said that speech is what we do with language, which is filled with variations and mistakes. "Speech is a mess," he stated. On the other hand, "pure, clean,...
Social Impacts and Bilingualism
A major theme that I noticed in this reading is that other languages are thought to pose a threat to English language. Many opponents of bilingualism seem to interpret it as the major use of a language other than English,...
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