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Book: Enculturation Processes in Primary Language Acquisition

Chapter: Appraisal, behavior and language pragmatics

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.21590

Blurb:

To continue the discussion on the biological readiness and neurological structures and systems that have evolved to respond to input, this section discusses a system that involves prior experiences and learned cultural schemas in appraising a context or situation to make social decisions, to affect behavior, and to use language.

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