What is the primary method of cultural transmission among people?   If language is a system of communication using sounds or symbols that enables us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas and experiences, then the question is, how do we acquire it? Is language passed down to us via social and behavioral influences and models or is it biological in nature and part of our evolutionary genetic makeup? Nature vs Nurture?  (psu.edu)

Social Interaction:  Language and Culture (text)

The study of language is Linguistics

Language shapes the way we think (14:12 minute TED Talk)

Who are Noam Chomsky and Lev Vygotsky?

Noam Chomsky:

• Introduction

• Language and Knowledge (27 minutes)

• Public Education (article on chomsky.info)

• Manufacturing Consent1 (5:39 minute video)

• Manufacturing Consent2 (9:04 minute video)

 

Lev Vygotsky: 

• Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development (text)

• Sociocultural Theory of Development (5:20 minute video)

• Theory of Cognitive Development (sprout's 5:08 minute video)