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the contribution of psycholinguistic in studying english

reseacrh into the origin of languange must consier the psycholinguistic factors of
present day communication in addition to looking at prehistoric artifacts an
animal communication . as the author has suggested in her previous papers in
the LOS collection , the human communication system is gestural an vocal from
its inception. Medical evidence documents the audio oral capabilities of the
child immedietly after birth an before , during his life in the maternal womb, the
gestural theory of the origin of language is unacceptable . many mothers are
consciours of the receptive and expressive capabilities of the child they are
carrying . the burial rites for miscarriages may vary across culture , but the
awareness of fetal expressivity is universal .

WALBURGA von raffler-engels


Vanderbilt university
Institute for public policy studies
Nashville , TN 37205 , U.S.A

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