- Checked the answers to the homework questions, “What is Language?”
- “Mother Tongue” chapter 2. We read and translated pages 21, 22, and 23.
- Is music language? Is art language?
Homework:
- Aoki: translate pages 24-26 down to “stress and confusion.”
- Takeuchi: translate pages 26 from “Moreover, all children everywhere” to page 29, line 2 “creoles.”
- Watanabe: translate pages 29, line 3 to page 31, “indeed, almost everywhere.”
- Takeoka: page 31, “Their common existence” to the end of the chapter (p. 34)
- Is music language? Is art language? Write your opinion and your reason, and be ready to discuss this question in class next week.









I was surprised to know the big difference between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, becasue I thought both of them had been almost the same. I did not know Homo sapiens might have had their linguistic system(language). I learned Homo sapiens had been different from Neanderthals in having had the ability to plan carefully. So, I realized what a big influence languages have on the way of thinking!