Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Language Development

The emphasis in this program is on the development of language in babies and young children. The program follows this development from the first cry of an infant in the delivery room through that of a seven-year-old, when language development is almost complete. The program features babies and children attempting to communicate, from crying and babbling to making grammatical errors to speaking fluently. The program discusses the arguments for and against the nature/nurture debate and the Interactionist view. The Whorf-Sapir hypothesis is described and illustrated with real-life examples. The question "can non-human animals use language?" is discussed and illustrated with video of chimpanzees. (40 minutes)

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Item#: BVL6015
Copyright date: ©1996
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-0423-2
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5909-6

Part of the Series : The Psychology of Learning


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