TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wagner,Belva J
TI  - A study of the biblical doctrine of language /By Belva J. Wagner
AV  - BV4070 .S783 1972
PY  - 1972///
KW  - Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions
KW  - Dissertations
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Biblical teaching
N1  - Typescript; Introduction; Part I: Survey of Relevant Literature Regarding Language Aquisitions; I. Relevant Language Aquisition Theories From Psychology; II. Relevant Language Acquisition Theories From Linguistics; III. Related Literature From Biology; IV. The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities; Part II: "The Biblical Doctrine of Language"; V. The Biblical Basis for Human Language; Virgin Islands Biblical Support for Certain Language Acquisition Theories; Virgin IslandsI. Deep Structure of Language and the Bible; Virgin IslandsII. Conclusion; Bibliography: leaves 167-170; Statement of the Problem --; Purposes of the Study --; Method undertaken --; Purpose of Part I --; Definitions; Purpose of Part I --; Theory of Cognitive Development --; Stages of Development --; Phases of Development --; Processes Involved in Transition --; Language Differentiation --; Critics of Piaget --; B.F. Skinner and Behaviorism --; Theory of Verbal Behavior --; Critics of Skinner --; Conflict with Methods of Experimentalism --; Presuppositions for Skinner's Theory --; Langauge Ability is Universal --; Universal Speech Sequences --; Langauge Relative to Culture --; Abnormalities Yet Normal Language Abilities --; Differences Between Human Speech and Animal Sounds --; The Role of Learning Human Speech --; Human Language is Flexible --; The Role of Maturation in Language Learning --; Relevance of Instinctive Behavior to Language --; Tinbergen and the Innate Releasing Mechanism; Rationalism Influnces Linguistics --; Descartes and Innate Ideas --; Limitations of Cartestian Theories --; Inherent Language Abilities --; Chomsky's Major Concepts --; "A Language Acquisition Device" --; Transformational Grammar --; Critics of Chomsky; Biology Supports Psychology and Linguistics --; Speech Follows Maturational Sequences --; Mongoloid Children and Language --; Intelligence and Language Capacities --; Brain-Damaged Children Relevant to Language --; Biology and Innate Factors --; Genetic Factors Offer Evidence; Chomsky's Theory Motivates Test Research --; Experimental Procedures --; The Instrument --; The Ten Major Subtests --; Testing and Grading Procedures --; Correlation of PLQ and IQ --; IQ Correlated with Substests --; PLQ Correlated with ITPA Subtests --; The Prediction of IQ from ITPA Subtests --; Summary; Purposes of Part II --; The Origin of Language --; Communication through Logos --; Limitations of Human Communication --; God Speaks Through Revelation --; Man Created in God's Image --; Importance of Naming --; The Consequences of the Fall --; From Language to Languages --; Translation and Surface Structures --; God Speaks Following Babel --; Demonic Speech --; Divine Control over Physical Limitations --; Greek Study of "Dumb" --; Is Language Vital to Man's Purpose?; Is Language a Human "Species-Specific"? --; Learning and Limitations --; The Learning of "Surface Structures" of Language --; Maturation; Content and Form --; The Spiritual Man and Language --; Maturational Levels of Language --; The Spirit Overcomes Limitations --; Deep Structure to Approach God --; Deep Structure and Tongues --; "Tongues"-One Greek Word --; Summary; Three Types of Truth --; Biblical Support for Theories; 2
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