finals Flashcards
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are inseparable since language is closely related to culture
language and culture
are independent because speech is a means of exchanging information which can be used in aspects that are not connected to culture
language and culture
he espoused that our ways of looking at the world depend on the type of language that we use
benjamin lee whorf
is not inborn but rather learned as it is a social product and this helps connect people
culture and its elements
a psychologist that believed that social interactions between and among people are a key element in acquiring knowledge just like how a child watches and learns from adults
lev vygotsky’s theory
for him language and culture are intently interconnected, he believed that every culture has specific dynamics for social transactions
lev vygotsky’s theory
contends that when children are born they gave an embedded basic structure for cognition as well as for language
jean piaget’s theory
he stressed that children create meaning from the verbal and nonverbal cues received from their environment and these meanings change as children learn more because of maturity
jean piaget’s theory
he did not adhere to vygotsky’s idea of emphasizing culture in learning
jean piaget
for him practice is not important as children acquire language through it
noam chomsky
every sound that lives or exist in nature are what this theory suggests the origin of language is
bow wow theory
this theory started from the sounds that our ancestors makes when they instinctively reacted to something those involuntary vocalizations to express their emotions and intentions
pooh pooh theory
this theory suggest an idea that humans made sound symbolism, people back then put a meaning to a unique sound they hear
ding dong theory
this theory proposes the language evolved from the grunts, groan, and snorts evoke by heavy physical labor
yo he ho theory
the romantic side of human life the sole factor that is responsible for the creation of language
la la theory
this theory suggested that language may have developed from sounds associated with love, playfulness, song and even inspired by poetic sensibility
la la theory
in his published book called “syntactic structures” proposed the idea that all human beings may be born with an innate understanding of how language works
genetic mutation of chomsky
based his theory on the idea that all languages contain similar structures and rules (a universal grammar)
genetic mutation by noam chomsky
he claimed that language evolved to allow us to gossip because gossiping for individuals constitutes a social bonding mechanism which helps us form alliances or social relationships with one another to convey social information
vocal grooming by rubin donbar theory
anthropologist dean falk suggests that as early humans lost their fur it became more difficult for mother to carry their babies on their backs as they gathered food and foraged
putting the baby down hypothesis by dean falk
human speech is anchored on the natural sound of human cries, as humans express their feelings and are being understood by others the use of language began
whitney’s origin of language
referring to the use of words which sound like the noise they refer to
onomatopoetic
take the form of words, images, sounds, gestures, acts, or objects but such things have no intrinsic meaning and become signs only which we invest them with meaning
sign.
a sign which is usually an association of general ideas
symbol
