1.1. "1940’s model of communication five components: • The sender (source) • The message • The channel • The receiver (destination) • The effect"
2. Chapter 7 life with languages
2.1. "Language acquisition device (LAD)-An inborn capacity of children to acquire their mother tongue without any formal attempt to teach it to them. Children are born with capacity for language or genetically built-in “core grammar” (1986). “Poverty of stimulus” (PS) Loose ideas about language Fragments of language Incorrect pronunciation Even with PS children learn Language."
3. Chapter 8 Language through time
3.1. "Language is recognized and investigated using the two following approaches. Synchronic approach-Dealing with linguistic phenomena as they exist at a specific point in time (that is, without regard for historical antecedents)(387). Diachronic approach dealing with linguistic phenomena as they occur over time (that is considering their historical development) (179)."
