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STEVEN PINKER, Psychologist, Cognitive Scientist, and Linguist at Harvard UniversityHow did humans acquire language? In this eSeminar, best-selling author Steven Pinker introduces you to linguistics, the evolution of spoken language, and the debate over the existence of an innate universal grammar. He also explores why language is such a fundamental part of social relationships, human biology, and human evolution. Finally, Pinker touches on the wide variety of applications for linguistics, from improving how we teach reading and writing to how we interpret law, politics, and literature.


Read the following presentation then answer the questions below:
  1. Do you agree or disagree with the quote?
  2. Can you define prescriptive grammar?
  3. Can you define descriptive grammar?
  4. Do you think there is an unchanging standard grammar in English?

NB: You may need to do some further reading around prescriptive and descriptive grammar.
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  • home
  • About
    • Blog
    • why you should listen
    • Language & Literacy in a Changing World
  • one:
    • Grammar debates >
      • ESOL and Literacy Adult Core Curriculum
      • Oxford grammar guide
      • The Role of Grammar in Literacy Development
      • Why does my teacher make me learn English grammar words?
      • glossary 1
      • glossary 2
      • Cohesion
      • Compare these two texts >
        • standard text
        • non-standard text
  • two:
    • Reading & Writing >
      • Models of Reading and the ESOL Student
      • There's Reading...and Then There's Reading:
      • The Power of Writing, the Writing of Power
      • How Learners and Teachers Understand Writing
      • Writing Activities for Beginning ESOL Learners
      • Teaching ESOL Using Word Processing: A Communicative Approach
      • Product or Process?
      • Knowledge in Action: The Promise of Project-Based Learning
      • The mutual dependence & interdependence of the four skills
      • The four resources model
      • multimodality
      • Towards an interdisciplinary approach?
  • three:
    • Language Acquisition >
      • lang aq papers 2
      • Some approaches
  • four:
    • literacy development >
      • Assorted papers on literacy development
      • Converging areas
  • five:
  • six:
    • History of English >
      • Language variety
      • Language change
      • A history of spelling
      • 20th Century English
      • English as a global language
      • What's your view?
  • forum
  • Untitled