Learning Journal #1
Being a left-handed person, I found the reading about the brain to be very fascinating. The reading states that for right-handed people, the left side of the brain is responsible for roughly 95% of language learning. This is not the case for left-handed people, however. In over 60% of left-handed cases, the left hemisphere is responsible for or very much involved with the language learning process. With right-handed people, the left hemisphere is also responsible for analytical tasks, information sequencing, complex motor functions, and language. The right hemisphere on the other hand is involved with distinguishing global patterns and emotions. I also found the part about the tongue slips interesting. It basically talks about how tongue slips are not random and that they are involuntary departures from the speaker’s intended production of a sequence of language units.
The next two parts talked about how we should look at language. The main questions reflected whether we should look at syntax or grammar. However, the conclusion was that we should not focus on either, but instead focus on meaning. Every single word in a sentence has a meaning and that by combining them with grammar and syntax, we get a sentence. Only then can we analyze the meaning of the word.
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