PSYC2010 Lecture 34: Chapter 9: Language Production Continued, Learning to Talk, Development of Grammar, and Syntactical Development

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC2010
• Professor: Michele Mercer

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Errors: underextensions, overextensions, holophrases, word coinages, gardener = plant man, metaphors, clouds are pillows. Two-word stage: beginning about age 2, telegraphic period, mini-sentences of mostly nouns and verbs, telegraphic speech. I want a big cookie: can i have a cookie, word order. Acquisition of grammar shape: 30-60 months, syntax development, use connectors, use grammatical morphemes, kids learn these at different rates but in same order. Structural and semantic complexity affects order acquired. Overregularization: applying rules without appropriate exceptions. I falled down: he runned to the store. Negatives: du(cid:396)ing toddle(cid:396)hood, (cid:272)hild(cid:396)en add (cid:862)n(cid:863) wo(cid:396)ds to the (cid:271)eginning o(cid:396) ending of positive sentences, no drink milk, no bath mommy, drink milk no, later they attach the negative term to the verb. I no do it: she no go. Questions: child(cid:396)en sta(cid:396)t with (cid:862)wh(cid:863) (cid:395)uestions at age 3, they late(cid:396) sta(cid:396)t to show in(cid:272)(cid:396)easing a(cid:271)ility to handle (cid:862)wh(cid:863) (cid:395)uestions.