Enculturation Processes in Primary Language Acquisition - Anna Dina L. Joaquin
Socializing the prefrontal cortex
Enculturation Processes in Primary Language Acquisition - Anna Dina L. Joaquin
Anna Dina L. Joaquin [+]
California State University
Anna Dina L. Joaquin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and TESL at California State University, Northridge. She is co-author (with Namhee Lee, Lisa Mikesell, Andrea Mates and John Schumann) of The Interactional Instinct: The Evolution and Acquisition of Language (OUP, 2009).
Description
This chapter furthers the discussion of the biological readiness and neurological systems that have evolved to respond to the input provided by society to enculturate its youth.