genie questions #2

1. What was so significant about Chomsky's argument? chomsky argument was so significant becuase it explained how we move a sentence in order to understand it, which condenses the infinite variety of sentences in a language.

2. What do you make of Chomsky's bird argument on p. 36? i think that chomsky's argument is agreeable becuase a species ins designated to perform the the way nature intended.

3. Do you agree with Chomsky's claim about the island at the end of Chapter 7? Please explain your answer. i do not agree with chomsky's claim that a child would invent his/her own language if they were left on an island alone because language takes years to develop. also, in order to develop a language, there has to be a need of communication between people.

4. In Chapter 10, why were Genie's observers pleased to see her hitting other children? genies observers were pleased to see her hitting other children becuase she was no longer inflicting pain on herself, but on others. this action proved that she had a sense the she was an individual

5. Describe how Genie's language was developing. genie was able to interpret objects adn she had the ability to understand things. however, she lacked the vocal vocabulary to communicate with other people.

6. After reading Chapter 11, what are the primary differences between the reading and the film? after the film and the passage the primary differances between Genie and Victor were the ways that they were trained and their origin. victor was found in the wild, whereas genie was found in a locked room. with victor, he had some sort of stimulus where as Genie had none whatsoever.

7. How did the film, Wild Child impact the symposium members? What is meant by: "all of us saw in the movie what we were prepared to see to confirm to our own biases."? what was meant by this quote was that by watching the movie, the depiction of the advancement of the wild child would be verified by the interpretation of the director.

8. What do you think of Dr. Elkind's quote on p. 59? How do you feel about Dr. Freedman's suggestion on p. 59-61? i think that Dr. Elkind has the right idea with what he is saying becuase linguists are trying to apply emotion to the simple use of words to prove that they are taught the same way that language is taught. 

9. Why was it important for Itard to teach Vistor to "imagine the needs of others (p. 73)"? Does CAS do this? Why or why not? it was important for Itard to teach victor the needs of others so he could relate to other people. this does nto apply to CAS becuase cas is just a way to torment students who are having a tough enough  time in school. 

10. After reading Chapter 14, do you agree that Truffaut's film ending was too optimistic? i think that Truffaut's film ended to optimisticly becuase he ended it by depiciting victor returning to Dr. Itard, when in reality, the experiment with victor failed due to his aging into puberty.