LINGUIS 101 Study Guide - Mendelian Inheritance, Grey Matter, Human Events
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Cortex: gray matterdecision maker & language :) Cerebral hemishperes: left&right, joined by the corpus collosum: network of two million fibers. Left hemi right side body functions// right hemi left side body functions: ^calledcontralateral brain function. Franz joseph gall- localization: different human cognitive abilites and behaviors are localized in specific parts of the brain: phrenology: determining personality traits, intellectual capacities, and other matter by examing bumps on the skull Lateralization of language occurs in left hemisphere in early lifeit is innately predisposed to specialize for language. The critical period: critical age hypothesis: language is biologically based& the ability to learn a native language develops with a fixed period, from birth to middle childhood, language acquistion proceeds easily&swiftly (no intervention) Linguistic science cannot refrain forever from askinga bout the whence&the whither of linguistic evolution. - otto jespersen. Babylonians- the god nabu: cries of nature , bow-bow theory dog= bow-wow due to sound of bark.
