Examples of Numic languages in the following topics:
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- Except for the Washoe, most of the groups spoke Numic languages.
- Some groups may have not have spoken Numic languages, but no relics of their linguistic patterns remain today.
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- Most peoples of the
Great Basin shared certain common cultural elements that distinguished them
from other surrounding cultures, and except for the Washoe, most of the groups spoke
Numic languages.
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- A single language is any specific example of such a system.
- Written language is the representation of a language by means of a writing system.
- Written language exists only as a complement to a specific spoken language.
- A sign language is a language which, instead of acoustically conveying sound patterns, uses manual communication and body language to convey meaning.
- Sign languages, like spoken languages, organize elementary units into meaningful semantic units.
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- The word language has at least two basic meanings: language as a general concept, and a specific linguistic system (e.g.
- Ferdinand de Saussure first explicitly formulated the distinction, using the French word langage for language as a concept, and langue as the specific instance of language.
- One definition sees language primarily as the mental faculty that allows humans to undertake linguistic behaviour--to learn languages and produce and understand utterances.
- Human languages are usually referred to as natural languages, and the science of studying them falls under the purview of linguistics.
- Members of a culture usually share a common language.
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- Humans, especially children, have an amazing capability to learn language, and several theories exist to explain language development.
- Noam Chomsky's work discusses the biological basis for language and claims that children have innate abilities to learn language.
- He has observed that all children make the same type of language errors, regardless of the language they are taught.
- Jean Piaget's theory of language development suggests that children use both assimilation and accommodation to learn language.
- In language acquisition, there is a hypothesis that a "critical period," or a time when it is optimal to learn a language, exists in children.
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- Human language is recursive.
- Human language has displacement.
- Speaking is the auditory form of language, but writing
and sign language are visual forms.
- A language family is a group of
languages descended from a common language.
- The Indo-European language family contains
445 current languages, and all of them are thought to have descended from PIE.
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- Without the brain, there would be no language.
- The human brain has a few areas that are specific to language processing and production.
- Patients with Broca's can often still understand language, but they cannot
speak fluently.
- This diagram shows the areas of the brain associated with languages.
- The areas of the brain necessary for language.
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- In business writing, it is important to communicate the message using impartial or unbiased language.
- Choosing unbiased language avoids offensive language and ensures that the message is effectively communicated.
- Here are a few examples that illustrate the use of unbiased language:
- Gender language that could be considered sexist or stereotypical should be avoided.
- Explain why it is important to use impartial language in business writing
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- Principles of Language Teaching and Learning (2nd Ed.).
- Learning strategy applications with students of English as a second language.
- What the "good language learner" can teach us.
- H. (1975).What can we learn from the good language learner?
- The Canadian Modern Language Review 31:304-318.