LING 3Q91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tabula Rasa, Language Acquisition, Behaviorism
1 Jan 2019
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To the reasons you"re gonna use it. Let go of inhibitions, don"t be afraid of making mistakes or being laughed at. The more you listen, the more familiar it becomes. Speaking is physical as well as mental. To keep things fresh and build your confidence. Children born with no notions of language (tabula rasa) Language acquisition is shaped by environment and the rewards for communicating. The input children receive through baby-talk is insufficient. Humans born with natural ability to learn language. Usually master the basics of phonology and grammar by . Children do need to learn l1 in childhood. L1 acquisition appears different from learning other skills, for which we use general intelligence. Universal properties, but also are language specifics. There is a natural order of acquisition of concepts. There is no effect of parent intentional teaching. We are all born with a language acquisition device in the brain.
