Discussion Post #1
David Kim
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david.kim123@richmond.edu
I think some aspects of language is a purely biological phenomenon, especially speaking. Speaking can only be processed through listening, which is a natural phenomenon. For example, you can speak other languages by only watching tv programs in that language even though you have no knowledge about words or grammar. However, I also think that some aspects of language are not purely biological phenomena. For Instance, reading and writing is not natural outcome. They need continuous practice to actually learn and get better. Eventually, I partly agree that language is a purely biological phenomenon.
The left hemisphere is dominant for language for me since I am a right-handed person. Speech production takes place in the utterance, sent to be processed in Wernicke’s area, and to Broca’s area for encoding. The signal for speech comprehension is sent to the auditory cortex from the ear and interpreted in Wernicke’s area.
Meaning can vary through different words, sentences, and grammar patterns. Because words by themselves are not clear, only vocabulary within a sentence has meaning. Through these readings, I got to think again about how I learned foreign languages and formed a new language. Since I learned that isolated words may convey too many meanings, I will try to use full sentences to express what I truly mean.
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