After reading this book by Kuipers I felt it deserved a review that would make at least honest attempt to give proper credit for the wonderful insights that the author makes in this book. ... Prior to reading this book by Kuipers, the previous books that I have read in linguistics have been somewhat hard to follow for me personally, however, with Kuipers book I felt as though it was making one point after another which with a much easier flow, making it easier to follow. I will now try to give you a brief summary of this book as I see it. ... This book analyzes the process of language chan...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Theory Summary Semiotics is the study of signification. ... Members of the Family Research Council believe that the rainbow is a symbol of God's grace and turn to the Book of Genesis for the first account of the rainbow. ... For those individuals ignorant of the passage from the Book of Genesis, the meaning behind the rainbow may or may not evoke a mental picture of homosexuality. ... Those with a strong religious conviction believe that the origin of the rainbow from the Book of Genesis is being forgotten and that history is being renounced in favor of political correctness. ...

• Word Count: 1342
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The very first day of school we got a school book called "Fibel", with which we learned to read and write small words containing three or four letters. ... In the later classes at school I wrote papers about my holidays, which were about three or four pages of an exercise book, in handwriting. ... Some lectures want you to write something about the author's life and give a short summary on the content of the literary work. ...

• Word Count: 914
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

However, as a "mature student," I have not seen the inside of a grammar book for twenty years until recently. ... For a concise summary I will rely on the words of Noam Chomsky; "When we study human language we are approaching what some might call the "human essence", the distinctive qualities of mind that are, as far as we know, unique to man" (Chomsky). ...

• Word Count: 1333
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"You didn't have supper- " I don't have no more candies- Questions: predictable order in which -wh words emerge o What is first, learned as part of a whole "whatsit- o Where and who next o Why emerges around second year and becomes a favorite o Stage 1: single word questions with rising intonation: Mommy book? ... P. 17 summary of evidence Children come to know certain things about the specific language being learned through exposure to a limited number of examples Biological basis for inatist position Critical period Hypothesis LAD, like other functions, works succe...

• Word Count: 2132
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School