Ways of LookingPhilosophy Why linguistics?What no other species has Discrete InfinityBuilding an Infinite Set of Structures from a Finite Resource Knowing without learningNot by instinct, but from between the gut and the bones Linguistic competenceA first approximation A learnability spaceWhat is built where Hola, GallileoThe big picture and one of the two most complex systems known to science CompositionalityAs a property unique to human language, not part of any non-human system ProcessesRecoverable in competent, not recoverable in incompetent speech – by articulation delays, articulation disorders, phonological disorders Possible, difficult and impossible wordsAnd realistic goals Teaching, learning, growing wordsOne word missing, not just in English Your last wordPackaging the information Change and variationSpeech and language do not stand still Discourse, conversationAnd the faculty of language Two or three necessitiesWithout which there could not be either speech or language Why? Why? Why?Questions with answers pointing different ways ContinuityA decline in disorder, more order Contending perspectivesWith respect to speech and language therapy, some very strongly contending with one another Evidence in speech and language therapyAs a two way process Moral imperativesKindness, gratitude, conscience, honesty, sincerity, language, and species survival Do you have an enquiry?Contact Me For a quick answer, more information would help.YesNo