CMST 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nicaraguan Sign Language, Swineherd, Universal Grammar
16 Sep 2016
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More of your identity is now actually genetically conditioned nature vs. nurture, if language is learned or innate. Language is the natural ability to shape the images and impressions that occur in others" brains at any given moment. You impact their physicality by changing the wiring of their brain ever so slightly. Language is so natural that it has become transparent to us we don"t even notice the complexity of the system at work. Language is what makes us compete because it allows us to work in teams to outsmart, capture, etc. animals. A common language connects the members of a community into an information- sharing network with formidable collective powers. Language is so tightly woven into human experience that it is difficult to imagine life without it. Role to create an idea in the culture to make the idea exciting but don"t have to worry about their idenitity because their mind is formed by culture.
