Evidence that language is a social process that must be learned comes from the fact that when deaf children find themselves in an environment where there are no people who speak or use sign language, they
a. lose the ability to communicate in any way.
b. invent a sign language themselves.
c. start speaking out loud even though they cannot hear themselves.
d. demonstrate compensatory regeneration of lost auditory neural pathways.
Question 2
Yoda, a central character of the Star Wars movies created by George Lucas, has a distinctive way of speaking. His statement, Afraid you will be, violates which property of the English language?
a. Language involves the use of a lexicon
b. Coding is required for langauge
c. Language symbols must have high discriminability
d. Languge has a structure that is governed by rules
Three Tasmanian devils feeding. Eating is a social event for the Tasmanian devil, and groups of 2 to
taste process
Language tree
Weber's Three Components Of Social Class
Language Patterns
Social Jetlag