Question

When it comes to language within various cultures what is a good point or idea that you have on Verbal Codes?

Answer 1

Hi, thanks for posting your question.

Language and culture have long been studied interdependently. Language is a system of rules, symbols or codes that one uses inorder to communicate. Language influences our cultural identities and also our social realities. We internalize rules of the society that in turn help us to function in our own culture but this can lead to confusion when these same rules may be used in a different culture where they aren't accepted. Implicit social rules of our culture guide the flow of our conversations. There are several theories supporting the above explanation, some of them are Noam Chomsky's language acquisation device theory. He says that humans have built in neural system that provides them with intuitive grasp of grammar and that is why we acquire language easily. Another theory is that of Slobin's cognitive learning theory, he recognizes the importance of both learning and our innate mechanisms that help us in acquiring and using language. Lev Vygotsky's theory of language development focuses more on social learning and the zone of proximal dvelopment. In the zone of proximal development, development is obtained when children engage in social interactions with others. Therefore we can say that language does use a system of codes inorder for any meaningful conversation to take place.