JLP315H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prosodic Unit
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Commonalities in the human species: bodies, upright posture, the way the brain functions, faculty of abstraction, generalization, pattern recognition, ability to articulate, form language signs with the mouth, tongue, etc. Innate language system (ug: more that is common to humans, e. g. , language, the skeleton of language is common. = baby, with their own memory, attention span, temper, interests, preferences. If there are no accidents, all drivers eventually get to the destination. Minimalist: also called referential/analytic, bottom up syllable, word, more words, one word utterances, starting with small (monosyllable) words and then adding more words, verbs, Isolating, words are learned bit-by-bit social words, other parts of speech. Global: also called holistic/expressive, top down intonational phrase, some words, words in isolation, babies speak a lot, forms sentences but not understandable in the language (makes no sense, separate words used later. Different languages appear to favor one of the two strategies: e. g. , english minimalist; french global, perhaps affected by parenting.