LINGUIST 3C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Second-Language Acquisition, Hearing Aid, Pragmatics
15 Mar 2018
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Window for opportunity for brain to structure: typically in response to inout from environment. If there is a critical period, there is a time in the species development (before or after) where learning will not happen: canonical examples: Imprinting in ducks and geese within 13-16 hours of hatching, geese will imprint on the first thing they see. Kids exposed to a second language reach fluency. Isolated kids who don"t reach l1 fluency: genie, child was locked in a room, strapped to potty room. Father had extreme intolerance to noises from 1-13 years old: once found, her non-verbal intelligence progressed. Within the period of time that is considered the cp, there are age effects: second language acquisition at 3 versus 10. Age effects outside cp: well passed puberty but exposed to language at age 25: you will learn this language better than someone at age 50. The younger you are, the better your acquisition will be.
