This main clip contains a section of the Horizon documentary, talking about, in detail, how individuals and particularly children learn the way they stimulate their minds and use language. and most importantly, learn the way they utilize language within their speech. It takes thousands of thoughts and decisions every time a child begins to communicate, and this is because they maintain a unique ability (as we all do) that defines us as humans. Within this clip, Deb Roy successfully developed a Speech Home Project. The speech home project is an experiment to test Deb Roy's son's development of language, which was recorded for a great amount of time.
this clip explains brifely about how different children pick up language features, however in different stages within their life. According to the clip, children will be able to learn an incredible 3000 words every year, and this is due to the stimulation that children have during their times of learning language within the home, as well as communication from their care-givers. This process tends to be a more natural process, rather than being told what to do at a young age. Theorists say if we get told me to do something, we will never learn.
This clips explains a man who suffered a stroke. which resulted in difficulties in speaking, as well as responding to certain questions. this is because during his stroke, a part of the man's brain had stopped functioning, which is vital for speech. He is told to describe a picture that contained general pictures. The man had the ability to do so, however he suffered some difficulties as he kept being asked.
This clip explains a man who has the ability to remember a variety of words, that means different things within different languages, and has the ability to remember words and sentences in different languages. He is given a set of words to memorize in a certain language and is then told to recap them speaking English, which shows that different people who may have speech difficulties are still able communication in an incredible way.
This clip explains how birds are able to communicate, in terms of sounds, however not in words. it has made a somewhat 'unattractive' noise. When the research is compared to the bird's sound and the generation, each new generation of birds didn't imitate the sounds of their fathers, they also improved it.
this clip also explains that we may have been physically be able to speak, but linguists believe that it is more likely that the birth of language is coincided with the proliferation of man made objects about 50,000 years ago.
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