Panel discusses acquisition of human language
The topic was "the Acquisition of
Language as seen by Behavior ists and
Rationalists." It was a discussion by
UN L professors Don Jensen and
Richard Weist, bothf the psychology
department, and Hassan Sharifi of the
linguistics department.
Jensen said he used to think
learning and thought were "terribly
intertwined" but has since found that
is not the case, that both functions can
be independent.
He told an audience of about 50
people Tuesday about a monkey
named "Washau" who learned how to
speak using hand signals like the deaf.
"Language is a primate
characteristic, not just a human one,"
he said.
Sharifi told the group that
rationalists hold that children are born
with a special capacity for language
above the capacity to learn, but that
language is "specifically human, and
linguists consider it as specially
human."
Weist told the group that he
disagreed with the notion of behavior
reinforcement in teaching language.
"Why do all children begin to speak
between 18 and 20 months after
birth?" Weist asked. "It does not seem
that practice plays an important role
in learning language ... the child
learns it in any case."
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Boredom workshop
An interim workshop for
graduate students entitled
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be held Dec. 27 through Jan. 6
at the Dental College. Those
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Advent service
The Wesley House, 640 No.
19th, is holding a special
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