Question
- Does every human being have a language?
We use language
- to communicate ideas
- to think
- to show who we are
Language?
- computer programming language
- language of flowers
- language of music
Important
- Native speaker
- One can speak about everything
- Recognized by a group as their language
Question
- Is speech a characteristic of human language?
- What about deaf people?
- What about sign language?
Similarities of sign language
- System
- Just like spoken languages
- Variation
- Functionality
- Native speakers
People without languages
Are there people without language?
- Wolf children: children growing up without parents or language
- There is physical and psychological abuse
- Aphasia: the partial loss of language abilities as a result of brain damage
Evolution of language
- Continuity-based theories
- Discontinuity-based theories
Summary
Strong link between being human and using languages. Almost every human being uses language, even deaf people. Those few people who don’t have languages live in very exceptional circumstances.
Being human = using language
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