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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development/Lifespan_Development_(OpenStax)/03%3A_Physical_and_Cognitive_Development_in_Infants_and_Toddlers_(Birth_to_Age_3)/3.05%3A_Language_in_Infants_and_ToddlersThis section focuses on language development in early childhood, outlining key concepts, milestones, and theories. It discusses the nature of language and communication, highlighting features such as ...This section focuses on language development in early childhood, outlining key concepts, milestones, and theories. It discusses the nature of language and communication, highlighting features such as phonemes and morphemes, and covers milestones such as babbling, gesturing, and vocabulary expansion. The role of caregivers and environmental factors in language development is emphasized, while different language theories like nativist, learning, and interactionist approaches are compared.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development/Lifespan_Development_(OpenStax)/05%3A_Physical_and_Cognitive_Development_in_Early_Childhood_(Ages_3_to_6)/5.04%3A_Language_in_Early_ChildhoodThis section covers various aspects of language development, from distinguishing the features of formal language to cognitive development, environmental influences, and individual differences in langu...This section covers various aspects of language development, from distinguishing the features of formal language to cognitive development, environmental influences, and individual differences in language learning. The text highlights how children, like Emilia, experience dramatic vocabulary growth and acquire dialects and idioms based on cultural and environmental exposures.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development/Lifespan_Development_(OpenStax)/07%3A_Physical_and_Cognitive_Development_in_Middle_Childhood_(Ages_7_to_12)/7.05%3A_Language_in_Middle_ChildhoodThis page discusses language development milestones during middle childhood, focusing on vocabulary growth, metalinguistic awareness, grammar, pragmatics, and reading. It highlights the importance of ...This page discusses language development milestones during middle childhood, focusing on vocabulary growth, metalinguistic awareness, grammar, pragmatics, and reading. It highlights the importance of multilingualism, noting its benefits like cognitive enhancements and challenges like smaller vocabularies in both languages.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/01%3A_What_Is_Linguistics_What_Is_Language/1.01%3A_Linguistics_as_a_social_scienceThe video script provides an introduction to linguistics as a social science. It distinguishes between social sciences and physical/biological sciences, highlighting that linguistics, like other socia...The video script provides an introduction to linguistics as a social science. It distinguishes between social sciences and physical/biological sciences, highlighting that linguistics, like other social sciences, studies human behavior using scientific methods, focusing on descriptivism and inductive reasoning. The script notes that linguistics isn't solely about etymology or grammar but analyzes language and its use.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/09%3A_Language_Acquisition/9.07%3A_Gaining_proficiencyThe page discusses the complexity of gaining proficiency in a new language, especially for adults, highlighting the debate over the notion of fluency. It explores the cultural and political dimensions...The page discusses the complexity of gaining proficiency in a new language, especially for adults, highlighting the debate over the notion of fluency. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of language standards, especially for Indigenous languages, and the biases in terms like "superior" language users.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Introduction_to_Communication/Communication_in_the_Real_World_-_An_Introduction_to_Communication_Studies/03%3A_Verbal_Communication/3.01%3A_Language_and_MeaningThis page discusses key concepts in language and communication. It highlights how language is symbolic and relies on a "triangle of meaning" that links thoughts, symbols, and referents. The page disti...This page discusses key concepts in language and communication. It highlights how language is symbolic and relies on a "triangle of meaning" that links thoughts, symbols, and referents. The page distinguishes between denotation (a word's dictionary meaning) and connotation (personal and emotional associations), and underscores the importance of language rules. The process of language acquisition is explored, showing how humans rapidly gain linguistic abilities from infancy to adolescence.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/01%3A_What_Is_Linguistics_What_Is_Language/1.12%3A_Next_steps_and_referencesSarah Harmon outlines the structure for the remainder of a linguistics course, starting small with sounds and progressing to words, phrases, and meaning, covering the core areas like Phonetics, Syntax...Sarah Harmon outlines the structure for the remainder of a linguistics course, starting small with sounds and progressing to words, phrases, and meaning, covering the core areas like Phonetics, Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics. The course will later address speech communities, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, language acquisition, and language processing. Resources are recommended for deepening understanding, emphasizing the complexity and enjoyment of studying language patterns.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/05%3A_Phrases-_Syntax/5.11%3A_GrammaticalityThe page discusses the concept of grammaticality in language, focusing on the relationship between syntax and semantics. Grammaticality refers to a sentence's structural correctness regardless of its ...The page discusses the concept of grammaticality in language, focusing on the relationship between syntax and semantics. Grammaticality refers to a sentence's structural correctness regardless of its meaning. Noam Chomsky's theories highlight the distinction, exemplified by "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously," grammatically correct but semantically nonsensical.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/10%3A_Psycholinguistics_and_Neurolinguistics/10.03%3A_Evolution_of_Human_LanguageThe script from Sarah Harmon's video, "Evolution of Human Language," discusses the complexities surrounding the origins and development of human language. While there are many unanswered questions, se...The script from Sarah Harmon's video, "Evolution of Human Language," discusses the complexities surrounding the origins and development of human language. While there are many unanswered questions, several theories have attempted to explain language evolution. These include gestural origins, grooming hypothesis, genetics tied to Universal Grammar, and social cognition.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/HACC_Central_Pennsylvania's_Community_College/ANTH_205%3A_Cultures_of_the_World_-_Perspectives_on_Culture_(Scheib)/05%3A_Language/5.02%3A_Biological_Basis_of_Language_and_Language_AquisitionThe modern human brain is among the largest, in proportion to body size, of all animals. This development was crucial to language ability because a tremendous amount of brainpower is required to proce...The modern human brain is among the largest, in proportion to body size, of all animals. This development was crucial to language ability because a tremendous amount of brainpower is required to process, store, produce, and comprehend the complex system of any human language and its associated culture.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Early_Childhood_Education/The_Whole_Child%3A_Development_in_the_Early_Years_(Budzyna_and_Buckley)/06%3A_Infancy/6.02%3A_Cognitive_Development_in_InfancyThe document elaborates on the theories and processes of cognitive and language development in infants, emphasizing the roles of nature and nurture. It highlights Jean Piaget's views on children activ...The document elaborates on the theories and processes of cognitive and language development in infants, emphasizing the roles of nature and nurture. It highlights Jean Piaget's views on children actively constructing their cognitive world and achieving milestones like object permanence. Factors like nutrition and early interventions in poverty conditions are vital for cognitive development.
