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. ...

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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). ...

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"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...

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