CHYS 2P52 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pragmatics, Meta-Communication, Noam Chomsky
8 Oct 2016
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Phoneme morpheme word phrase sentence. Atypical language development: can be impaired if there are significant delays in early learning of language, makes early intervention a priority (e. g. , cochlear implants) Morphological development: unit of sound that has meaning, can individually combine to form words, free morphemes stand alone, bound morphemes attach to free morph, children learn rules for attaching free morphemes to bounds morphemes (adding ed to. Talk : mean length of utterance refers to number of morphemes per sentence this increases with age and language development. Syntactic development: syntax rules of grammar, how words are arranged into sentences, word order can play an important role in the meaning of a sentence, negatives children initially attach words of negation to positive sentences. Theories of language development: some theoretical perspectives on language include, learning theory, chomsky/nativist, social-interactionist. Learning theory: operant conditioning (skinner, adults shape child"s speech through reinforcement.
