An interesting and persistent controversy in the study of language behaviour has been the relationship between thought and speech. The issue involved here may be stated as follows: Is it possible to think without acquiring language? Are thought processes possible without words and other forms of verbal elements? Is it that all our thought processes are dependent on acquisition of [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the stages in the process of the development of language behaviour in the child. The neonate does not speak or communicate unless one assumes that the birth cry is the first form of communication. Gradually, the process of communication starts with the child's parents trying to stimulate responses to sounds of the [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the relationship between brain function and language behaviour. Language is perhaps the most evolved among the different forms of human behaviour. At the human level language is very complex and diverse and enters into almost every transaction. The role of language in human life is very crucial. One cannot live without language [...]