CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Universal Grammar, Intersubjectivity, Lev Vygotsky
14 Dec 2018
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Memorizing di erent words at a long age without knowing or understanding what they mean. Once they learn something like adding ed to the past tense, they would overgeneralize this to other forms - went, goed , went. The mind has a bunch of switches that get set when you learn a language as a child. When we are born, we have access to these language switches. Concepts or languages that we are not exposed to get turned o . During these ages, children learn 2-4 new words per day to their productive vocabulary and twice that for understanding. 12 words a day for two to four years. They are learning words that they don"t hear that day. Use of symbols to represent objects and events. Can solve problems, induction - the ability to infer. Children are active participants in their own development. Does not account for variability (stages are not clear cut)
