What we use language for?

1. Communicate ideas
2. Think
3. Show who we are, which group of human beings we blong or want to belong to

Intended group:

People without language:

• Wolf children: children growing up without parents or language
• Physical and psychological abuse

E.g: Genie. be locked in a room from 20 months old to 13. No human interaction. Father: barked at her. Mother was not allowed to talk to her. => can’t figure out the system of combine all these work into definitely

• People who lose their language:
• Aphasia: the (partial) loss of language abilities due to brain damage

Language is common to all human beings