PSY 3136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Noam Chomsky

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3136
• Professor: Chris Fennell

Document Summary

Lecture 2 ( chapter 1 ) - studying language development. Rule governed - share (make sure others understand you) Subjective (different words have different meanings) / arbitrary (develop new words) Productive (combine in infinite ways - combine words, sounds) Major patterns in language milestones (see fig. 1-1) Vocabulary ( kids start to develop, rapidly learning new words in each day ) Grammar (start to use the word they have learned) Generally milestones are met naturally with typical input, although we can have some influence on how well/quickly they develop. Big question: impact of nature and nurture. Can look for children who have received no exposure to language and see what kind of linguistic skills they developed on their own. Deaf children of hearing parents (goldin-meadow et al. ) The different contribution based on the aspect you focus on. Why kids can learn language more easily than adults. There is environment component and input component - both sides of stimulation.