Linguistic

Chapter2

1 What kind of evidence is used to support the idea that language is culturally
transmitted?If a Korean baby(born in Korea)with korean's parents and he's adopted by english native spearks obligatorily baby grow up speaking english and not korean independent of characteristics inherited his or her natural parents
2 What is the difference between a communication system with productivity
and one with fixed reference?With productivity,the system can create new expressions,infinites.With fixed reference,there is a fixed number of signals in the system and each signal only relates to a particular object or ocassion.
3 Which property of language enables people to talk about the future?Dsiplacement:used to talk about the future.Productivity:capacity to create new expresseions and new sentences.Arbitrariness:There is no natural conection between linguistics form and its meaning.Duality:Two physics levels to produce different simple sounds.Cultural transmission:The example of korean baby adopted by english speakers.The language passes from one generation to the next.
4 How did the Gardners try to show that Washoe was not simply repeating
signs made by interacting humans?An experiment in which washoe couled identify words through objects in pictures.In 3years washoe could use more than 100 words and combine them
5 If Sarah could use a gray plastic shape to convey the meaning of the word
red, which property does her language seem to have?Arbitrariness(because there is no relationship between the plastic with the meaning of red)
6 What was considered to be the key element in Kanzis language learning?Kanzi learned being exposed and observating a kind of language in use at a very early age(symbol system)