LIN 101 Lecture 2: LIN 101 Lecture 2
8 Feb 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Telegraphic stage/early multi-word stage (around 3 years) Correct imitation is rewarded stimulus-response connection is formed (pavlov) Children must hear language to learn language. Children are very good at imitating new words (learn new words at 2 words/hr) States that children create their own grammar based on what they hear. Evident in two-word stage children are using grammar rules to create new combinations. Children make generalizations and form rules that are different from the adult rules (ex. over-regularization of comparative -er suffix) Nobody likes me vs nobody don"t like me . Adults usually respond to the children"s meaning, not their grammar.
