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The Language Instinct A Research Paper | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University for the Humanities | ||
| Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 509-526 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mrs. Jinan Ahmed Khaleel; Nareeman Jabbar Rasheed Al-Ta; Shatha K. Al-Saadi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| AbstractLanguage has been a multi-discussed and controversial issue for many years. Recently, however, there has been a renewed interest in this issue among linguists in language.The most recent example is the biological bases of language displayed by Steven Pinker. He (1994:6) aptly stated, "Language is the product of a well-engineered biological instinct."The idea is that babies are biologically born talking. Before birth virtually all neurons are formed. Head size, brain weight and thickness of cerebral cortex continue to increase rapidly after birth. This means that biological ability is there in the babies' mind before their birth in their mothers' womb. Language development, then, could be only a maturational matter. This study answers the question why language is considered as a biological instinct.This study falls into five sections the first one deals with language as an instinct, whereas the second one deals with survey of literature. The third one concentrates on “Baby born Talking Describes Heaven”. The fourth one explains the stages of language learning. The last one sums up the findings of the study. | ||
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