PSYC 2113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pragmatics, Bilingual Education Act, Bilingual Education
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Style that adults use to speak to infants. Produce one syllable vowel-like sounds (ah, ooh) Combines a consonant and vowel sounds (baba,dada) Most children use a mix of the two styles. By 1 and a half children can create two-word sentences. Telegraphic speech: includes only words directly relevant to meaning. Learning theory approach: proposes that language acquisition follows the basic laws of. Nativist approach: theory that genetically determined, innate mechanism directs reinforcement and conditioning. language development. a brief encounter. By 2, most children produce larger sentences. Children learn general rules about grammatical morphemes. Simultaneous bilingualism: results from being exposed to 2 languages from birth or. Sequential bilingualism: results from learning a second language after the first shortly after birth. language acquisition is under way. Previous view (1930-40s) was that bilingual children were less cognitively advanced. Bilingual children have an advantage in performing tasks that require them to exercise control over attention.