Answer to Question #107518 in English for Trunelle

Question

1a)What features of language enable people to raise children in a socially rich environment in which children can learn to interact with people
b)What features of language allow human beings to speak or write about events that took place in the past, that will take place in the future, that are taking place now or that are taking place far away from them?

Answer 1

1a) What features of language enable people to raise children in a socially rich environment in which children can learn to interact with people.

Children learn language through listening, copying, imitating and interacting with others. Playtime also presents a healthy platform for them to learn. People should provide a repetitive and deliberate interaction to foster healthy language. Features of language required to create this environment include displacement, productivity, arbitrariness, and duality.

1b)What features of language allow human beings to speak or write about events that took place in the past, that will take place in the future, that are taking place now or that are taking place far away from them?

Displacement is a language feature that allows humans to speak about things or events that are not necessarily happening in the present.