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Cultural transmission is the process of a\u00a0language\u00a0being passed on from one generation to the next. It is known as\u00a0cultural learning and\u00a0socio-cultural transmission. Cultural transmission is regarded as one of the critical characteristics distinguishing human language from animal\u00a0communication.<\/p>\n

Linguist Tao Gong has identified thre emain forms of cultural transmission:<\/p>\n

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  1. Horizontal transmission,<\/strong>\u00a0communications among individuals of the same generation;<\/li>\n
  2. Vertical transmission<\/strong>, in which a member of one generation talks to a biologically-related member of a later age;<\/li>\n
  3. Oblique transmission<\/strong>, where one member of one generation communicates to any non-biologically-related\u00a0member of a later period.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Cultural transmission is the process of a\u00a0language\u00a0being passed on from one generation to the next. It is known as\u00a0cultural learning and\u00a0socio-cultural transmission. Cultural transmission is regarded as one of the critical characteristics distinguishing human language from animal\u00a0communication. Linguist Tao Gong has identified thre emain forms of cultural transmission: Horizontal transmission,\u00a0communications among individuals of the same generation; Vertical transmission, in which a member of one generation talks to a biologically-related member of a later age; Oblique transmission, where one member of one generation communicates to any non-biologically-related\u00a0member of a later period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[393,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language-development","category-language-education"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is the Cultural Transmission of Language? - Entelechy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/entelechy.app\/what-is-the-cultural-transmission-of-language\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the Cultural Transmission of Language? - Entelechy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cultural transmission is the process of a\u00a0language\u00a0being passed on from one generation to the next. 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