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I'm annoyed by the use of quotations around the word language in the title. This isn't "language", it's language. The use of quotations on the word delegitimize
by mabbo 4y ago
I'm annoyed by the use of quotations around the word language in the title. This isn't "language", it's language. The use of quotations on the word delegitimizes what is being developed here, likely (in my opinion) due to bias against Signed languages.
The original paper doesn't use quotations. That's an addition from the author.
- School-Cotton 4y agoI interpreted the quotes as implying that the children hadn’t developed a full human language, but rather the rudimentary beginnings of one. Independently of whether it’s signed or spoken. (You are indeed correct that sign languages are full-blown languages, not just re-encodings of the local spoken language as many people think.)
- bradrn 4y agoNicaraguan Sign Language is a full language, though.
- ravi-delia 4y agoBut that's not what (scanning back through the article) the author used quotation marks for. They mostly talk about children forming a sort of pigeon in a laboratory setup.
- yencabulator 4y agoPidgin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin
- ravi-delia 4y agoSeems to be out of editing range now, but worth noting for the next reader. Oh English homophones, bane of mine own heart.
- School-Cotton 4y agoYes, I know.
- civopsec 4y ago> I interpreted the quotes as implying that the children hadn’t developed a full human language, but rather the rudimentary beginnings of one. A language, in other words.