Thursday, October 1, 2009

introduction jack dowdell

Communication at its root is an intense biological drive. Point blank, without the ability to communicate simple things such as getting fed or cared for when we are sick become an impossibility. From the time children are young they begin making noises and trying to form words. This is evidence to a huge internal drive we all posses.

Having said this, the way language is formed is intensely cultural. Evidence to support this claim is that we speak as people our own age speak for the most part. The slang and way I format my sentences are in no way similar to the way my father does. This is a reflection of the culture i grew up in just as the way my father speaks is a reflection of the culture he grew up in. 

Culture and Biology contribute a major portion of how we learn to talk. Without the biological drive to lean we simply wouldn’t. Without culture to copy we also simply would not learn. It is the combination of both that allows language to form as it does.

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