TSL—Part 2/6, "Language is SPEECH"
Channel: esukhiaX
Date: 2017-09-04

Language is primarily: 1) Speech (language is, first and foremost, *oral* and *vocal*); 2) Social (language is *communicative*); 3) Sense (language is about *making sense*). 

1) Language is Speech: Throughout history, languages have been spoken (or signed); only some have been written. Even silent readers and silent thinkers use "subvocalization" strategies to access meaning. The conduit is verbal mental imagery. Although modern reading is silent & private, this is a *new* development; traditional reading is vocal & social. 

Originally presented at IATS 2016 (Norway).