Before enrolling in Anthropology 104, my only knowledge of language was that English is a necessity in my life to succeed and Hausa is a necessity to be able to communicate with individuals of my ethnicity. There is not a single time in my life when I have thought more about language and the determining factors behind it. I entered the course from day one with a neutral opinion and now I can proudly say that the knowledge I gained from this course will be used and developed throughout my life. Linguistic anthropology enlightened me to the fact that language travels beyond structure, grammar, syntax, phonology and morphology. Linguistic anthropology has helped me in the analysis of language as it is practiced in different social and cultural contexts and how meanings are generated in different social contexts and in the descriptive use of language. Of all the topics covered in class, the three that have had a significant influence on my understanding of linguistic anthropology are: Child Language Acquisition: Critical Language Hypothesis, Language and Gender, and Attitudes to with regard to language: standard English. without even excepting idiots, they cannot arrange different words together, forming a statement by which they make their thoughts known” (Descartes). Well, if that's the case, what about children who haven't been exposed to language at all? For three whole centuries, no one challenged Descartes' vague observation of language and the hypothesis that language acquisition was a biological trait. It was quite obvious that Descartes observed humans of the same socialization. It is at this point that one wonders what about those who have not undergone any type of...... middle of paper ...... all the accents while still retaining standard English as a universal means of communication among many nations. No accent or dialect is superior to the other. Each accent and each dialect effectively ensures the work of communication between its users. Works cited Descartes, René. 1976. “Animals are machines.” In T. Regan and P. Singer (eds.). Animal rights and human obligations. Englewood Cliffs: NJ: Prentice Hall, 60-66. Fromkin, Victoria. “Language development in Genie: a case of language acquisition beyond the “critical period.” Learn.illinois.edu. Np, September 5, 2013. Web.Lenneberg, EH 1967. Biological foundations of language. New York: Wiley. Rajpoot, Tarun. “Call Centers in Delhi (Australian BPOs).” YouTube. YouTube, December 23, 2012. Web. December 14, 2013. “Urban Dictionary, December 15: Dadmire.” Urban dictionary. Np, May 8, 2013. Web. December 15. 2013.