PPT-Language Universals

Theories of first language acquisition We are not born speaking Language must be acquired Learning vs acquisition If we think of all that is entailed in knowing a language it seems quite a challenge. As I have said, philosophers are not clear about what a solution to the Problem of Universals should explain, nor about the sort of explanation such a solution should be. Usually, however, the Problem W. v. O. Quine. Two Philosophical Problems. The Problem of Identity-Through-Time: Endurantism (3d-ism) or Perdurantism (4d-ism). Endurantism: things are 3-dimensional and endure through change. Perdurantism: things are 4-dimensional and have temporal parts. Change is a matter of having temporal parts that are different in character.. J. Blackmon. Platonic Forms. Platonic Forms. The Problem. We encounter particular instances of justice, but how do we come to know justice?. We encounter particular triangles, but how do we come to know about . Basic Terms. Linguistics and Linguists:. Linguistics:. Definition: The scientific study of language. g. ives a better . understanding. of the . nature of human language. Contributes to our . understanding. structural universals, while universals with no constituents are simple universals. On his account, the structure of universals mirrors the structure of the objects that instantiate them. Any object and the quest for . Translation Universals. . UCCTS. . 29.07. 2010. Anna Mauranen. Search for Translation Universals. Characteristics that translations generally have. began in the early / mid -1990s. #5. Tuesday. , September . 20th. Create a list of at least 8 . specific. modes of travel or transportation used by different cultures around the world today.. REALIA VOLUNTEERS?. After today…. Students should be able to enumerate the 21 cultural universals.. learning in populations. Kenny Smith,. Bill . Thompson. L. earning and evolving expectations about linguistic heterogeneity. Language universals. Languages do not differ arbitrarily: certain properties recur across languages. the Humanities. : . Some points for discussion. 1. Academy of Athens’ Thesaurus Team. Coordinator: Helen . Gardikas. -Katsiadakis. Christos . Chatzimichail. Gerasimos. . Chrysovitsanos. Anastasia . Let’s create a culture together!!. Sharing and voting on a culture. 1 You can’t vote for your own project, unless your ideas are combined with another, and then one of you can vote for your idea.. Let’s create a culture together!!. Day 1....Personal Creation of a Culture. Today we begin the DIG project. As a class we will create from scratch, a culture all our own. As we learned any culture can be examined with the 10 Cultural Universals. Second Language Acquisition . (. Eckman. , 2012: 485-494). The goal of . SLA theory: . to . explain the development of linguistic competence in . L2 learner . Linguistic . approaches . to SLA . tries to explain the growth of L2 . TYPOLOGY. borrowed from the . fi. eld. . of biology and means something like ‘. taxonomy. ’ or ‘. classi. fi. cation. ’. the study of linguistic systems . recurring. . patterns. . of . linguistic systems. Aristotelian realism vs. Kantian constructivism. Two grand metaphysical theories. 20th-century analytic metaphysics dominated by a third grand metaphysical theory, a theory based on advances in predicate logic.