Enculturation Processes in Primary Language Acquisition - Anna Dina L. Joaquin
Appraisal, behavior and language pragmatics
Enculturation Processes in Primary Language Acquisition - Anna Dina L. Joaquin
Anna Dina L. Joaquin [+]
California State University
Anna Dina L. Joaquin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and TESL at California State University, Northridge. She is co-author (with Namhee Lee, Lisa Mikesell, Andrea Mates and John Schumann) of The Interactional Instinct: The Evolution and Acquisition of Language (OUP, 2009).
Description
To continue the discussion on the biological readiness and neurological structures and systems that have evolved to respond to input, this section discusses a system that involves prior experiences and learned cultural schemas in appraising a context or situation to make social decisions, to affect behavior, and to use language.