(i) Cultural transmission Language is also culturally transmitted rather than genetically transmitted. Human language is only acquired through a process of learning Although the language faculty rests upon our genetic endowment, we learn the specific words and grammatical structures of the language community in which we are raised Eg. A Chinese baby born and brought up in New york will speak English while an English child, brought up in Beijing, will speak Chinese
(ii) Cultural transmission Language is also culturally transmitted rather than genetically transmitted. Human language is only acquired through a process of learning. Although the language faculty rests upon our genetic endowment, we learn the specific words and grammatical structures of the language community in which we are raised. Eg. A Chinese baby born and brought up in New York will speak English while an English child, brought up in Beijing, will speak Chinese
(ii) Displacement Displacement is that feature of language which allows us to talk about things remote in time or space, or both from the site of communication: about the past or the future about places which are far away, even about hypothetical and non-existent state of affairs
(iii) Displacement Displacement is that feature of language which allows us to talk about things remote in time or space, or both, from the site of communication: about the past or the future, about places which are far away, even about hypothetical and non-existent state of affairs
For human beings language enable them to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present at the moment of communication I will go to the movies in Bejing next sunday. For animals a dog cannot tell people that its master willbe home in few days
For human beings: language enable them to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present at the moment of communication. I will go to the movies in Beijing next Sunday. For animals: A dog cannot tell people that its master will be home in few days