LING 3Q91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Period Hypothesis, Feral Child

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States the ability to learn a language does not continue indefinitely and must be stimulated at the right time. If this does not happen by the age of around 12, then language may never be learned fully. Hard to test, but we can seek out cases of children who did not receive any linguistic. Sept 20, 2018 input before the age of 12 who have then been unable to master language (feral children) Victor, wild boy, was adopted by a young physician who wanted to teach him to speak. Victor learned to be sociable but only ever learned two words lait and o. There is speculation that victor has serious mental condition which is why he was abandoned as a child and may be why he didn"t learn language. Genie, when 13 was discovered having been locked up in the basement at home. She was beaten every time she made noise and denied speech.

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