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can we point to genes bein responible for language
yes, genetic (genotypic) localization of language
genes are important say behaviorists
human connection is represented by
neurons
nativists say about connections
some neural connections arise and stay without influence of experience. these connections correspond to universals (principals)
SLI
no cause can be pinpointed
just becauase you have a language impairment doesnt mean youre abnormal all around
KE family chromosone 7 foxp2
specific language elevation
williams syndrome
savants
like sli in that one thing can be abnormal and not the other
lateralixation
brain is split into 2 hemispheres
left side is for language
important confirmation of laterization is split brain studies and dichotic listening experiments
localization
like lateralization
different parts of brain are specialized for diff things
modularity
areas important for language
frontal lobe (brocas) temporal (wernickes)
looking localizing functions in the brain
measuring electricity
measuring blood flow
brain stimulation during surgery
non instruent experiment diotech listening
aphasia
loss of language capabilites due to brain damage
split brain patient
halves no longer connected by corpus callosum
brocas aphasia
many grammatical errors, impaired speech, syntax is simple or not present. know what they want to say but cant produce it
wernickes aphasia
fluent speech but inconsistent content
ethology
study of animal behavior and cognitiion
communication can be
intraspecies
interspecies
communication
purposefully transit a form that willinfluence behavior and create a response
animal communication systems are not language
they’re not language
language is human mind specific
yes
vervet monkeys
communication is conspecific (members of same species)
innate system of calls that do not change only mature to be more accurate
bee dance
innate system
use it to convey info
round dance, tail wagging dance, sickle dance
can make infinite dances becaause bee language is gradient and continous
bird songs
innate, complex, critical period
theory of mind
be able to understand someone else’s mental state
animal language teaching
dolphins, alex the parrot, koko the gorilla, chimps
alex the parrot does not have human language
he does not
teaching chimps to speak failed because
they do not have proper vocal apparatus
otogenetic development
way human mind develops in each individual
phylogenetic development
accumulates human knowedge over millions of years
the missing link
no evidence showing who came first man or chimp
first representative of genus HOMO
2.5 million years ago
cultural big bang
major artifacts in communication and language around-60,000 and -30,000
words are signs
yes
words do not rely on reference
calls are different from words
calls require reference
comparative reconstruction
can bring us back to first human language
what allowed us to get from proto language to first human language
syntax
recursion
phonology
