https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b Made with serendipity en-us 2021-05-06 23:22:57 UTC 2021-05-07 19:48:33 UTC hello@padlet.com kamaligrace77 https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1500455441 When I hear the word language, I think of a very concrete idea of the ability to speak and understand spoken words. But after reading this chapter, I see that there is much more to language than that definition. The chapter defines language as "a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used in various models for thought and communication" (Turnbull & Justice, p. 3) ]]> 2021-05-06 23:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1500455441 kamaligrace77 https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1500461428 I also considered language to be something that is innate in us, but is it rather instilled in us. The chapter on language includes this quote that shifted my perspective on this. The chapter says, "language emerged as a cultural and social evolution, rather than a biological evolution: Our need and interest to communicate with others gave rise to the complexity of language over time." (Turnbull & Justice, p. 5) It is interesting to consider that most of the language we learn is through social interaction and centered around culture as well.]]> 2021-05-06 23:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1500461428 kamaligrace77 https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1503872889 Speech is a huge aspect of language. The chapter discusses what speech means, and how it used to communicate different thoughts. The chapter includes this which highlights this thought, "after people formulate ideas in the brain using language, they must then transmit the message by using speech." (Turnbull & Justice, p. 7) ]]> 2021-05-07 19:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1503872889 kamaligrace77 https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1503890747 I found it interesting to read about the phonetic alphabet, which the book defines as an "international set of symbols that represents all of the phonemes of the world's language." I have heard about the phonetic alphabet being discussed, but it was very interesting to read this section. ]]> 2021-05-07 19:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1503890747 kamaligrace77 https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1503900549 Another perspective the chapter introduced that I found very interesting and something I had never considered is that language does not depend on speech and that speech depends completely on language. This is something that once you think about it, you wonder why you had never considered it before. Language is what gives speech/spoken words its meaning. ]]> 2021-05-07 19:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaligrace77/6upb7486a7q9v27b/wish/1503900549