Language
Objectives:
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Describe the structure of language in terms of sounds, meanings and grammar.
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Trace the course of language acquisition from the babbling stage through the two-word stage.
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Explain how the nature-nurture debate is illustrated in the theories of language development.
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Discuss Whorf’s linguistic relativity hypothesis and the relationship between thoughts and language.
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Describe the research on animal cognition and communication, and discuss the controversy over whether animals can use language.
Vocabulary: language, phonemes, morphemes, grammar, semantics, syntax, babbling stage, one-word stage, two-word stage, telegraphic language, linguistic relativity,
