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20 Cards in this Set
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elements of "cries of nature" theory
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imitation
spontaneous vocalization association with gesture infant babbling |
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what's wrong with "cries of nature" theory
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gives no account of structure
we use gestures/cries as well as language lang controlled by diff part of brain |
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social/psychological advances create...
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need for better communication
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what's wrong with social/psychological explanation
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assumed vocal tract necessary for lang developed independently from language
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Darwinian processes of adaptation through natural selection
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complex biological systems (like language) evolve through incremental changes that have adaptive value
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multiplication
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organisms reproduce
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exaptation/recruitment
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development of new function for pre-existing organ
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self-organization
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traits that come about as result of some other trait
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Why is there a gap btwn human languages and animal communication?
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species who might have bridged that gap are extinct
HAVE MATTYAS EXPLAIN THIS |
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What is the gap?
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traits that separate our language
vocal tract?? ASK MATTYAS |
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evolution of vocal tract
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lung --> larynx --> larynx as sound generator --> upper vocal tract (variety, rapidity)
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ontology recapitulates phylogeny
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development from infant to adulthood recapitulates development of species over time
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theory of mind
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ability to know that other people are thinking different things
*value of EXCHANGING INFO ACROSS MINDS |
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intermediate languages would look like...
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Washoe's
pidgins speech of 2nd lang learners headlines etc |
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gestures, signals, codes
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some universal, some culture specific
(analog) |
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facial expressions
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mostly express emotion (even better than words do)
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gestures/facial expressions are...
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inherited forms of communication
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solecism
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I can't get no satisfaction
illegal constructions |
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barbarism
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unneeded words- work against clarity, concision
pompous writing |
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improprieties
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mistakes in accepted conventions of language
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