Social L&C

Communication

• transfer of meaningful info from one person to another

Language

• system of sounds that convey meaning because of shared grammatical and semantic rules
• organised way of combining words to communicate 
• form of communication that uses a systematic set of conventional symbols
• symbols used to represent sounds that when put together form words, phrases and sentences
• direct without words - face expressions, stance, gestures, voice tone
• indirect without words - writing, maths, music, painting

Breaking down speech

• phonemes - smallest units of sound in languag, aquire meaning when combined
• semantics - study of meaning in a language 
• morpheme - smallest unit of meaning in spoken language
• sentences - language rules dictate syntax, how morphemes put together to form sentences

Vygotsky

• sees 'private speech' as means for children to plan activities and strategies, aiding development, so language is accelerator to thinking/understanding
• language develops fom social interactions, for communication purposes - later becomes internalised as 'thought' and 'inner speech', so thought is result of language
• social interactionist theory 
• > language developmentoccurs through interaction between parent and child
• > language plays two critical roles in cognitive development:
• == main means of adults transmitting…