LINA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Data Set
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Lina02 lecture 4 poverty of the stimulus critical period. Therese principles and others may help the child learn 5,000 words per year. Mice geese: not clear if they realize tat the forms are related (single-plural, phrase 2: Gooses: they seem to have acquired the plural rule and they overgeneralize such forms sound like mistakes to an adult, phase 3: Geese: system is adult-like by 5 yrs. old. Broked: negative sentences, no drink milk; no baby sleep, baby no sleep; me no drink milk (no auxiliary verb, baby won"t sleep; but: me not hungry (no form of to be ) Endings on verbs: ing will be first ; things like 3rd person singular will be much later (eats, loves) Regular plural with its allophones (cats, dogs) They are: still fine-tuning phonology, still continuing to learn new words. This systematic sequence of stages suggests language learning can"t be primarily a function of imitation or teaching.
