Horzion Documentary Notes

• Language defines you as being human (do it with ease)
• From birth language is in our lives
• Only animals who can speak
• Considered a sophisticated skill
• Deb Roy - massachutes institute of technology (Artificial intelligence - "Speech Home Project highlights")
• Moment he was born - 3 years
• Kids will use determiners - 'that'
• Stage 1: Babbling stage, Stage 2: One word = syntax, Stage 3: Two words
• Caregiver's simplify their language
• Convergence
• Caregiver's language mirrors child language
• Semantic awareness outstrips phonological ability ("Gaga" to "Water")
• 5 years old = 5,000 words
• Despite decades of research we are no closer to understanding why/how we learn to speak
• Like children, nouns seemed to be used more than verbs
• Mum's voice is the primary care giver
• L.A.D - born with language ability (Noam Chomsky - Linguistics - Nature and nurture)
• Dr Ofer Tchernichovski - forbidden experiment
• Origin of language must be in our genes
• Broken part of chromosome 7 - new gene discovered (Fox-P-2)
• Females developed language faster than males
• Language keeps the community together