PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Connectionism, Speech Perception, Phoneme
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Bilingualism: learning two languages in childhood: components of language. Phonology: refers to the rules governing the structure and sequence of speech sounds. Semantics: the second component, involves vocabulary the way underlying concepts are expressed in words and word combinations. Pragmatics: the rules for engaging in appropriate and effective communication: theories of language development. Language acquisition device (lad) = an innate system that permits children, once they have acquired sufficient vocabulary, to combine words into grammatically consistent, novel utterances and to understand the meaning of sentences they hear. Universal grammar a built in storehouse of rules common to all human beings. Evidence relevant to the nativist perspective: efforts to teach language to animals. Language is in some part genetic, as chimpanzees could not learn spoken language or to understand it as humans do to communicate and exchange knowledge and ideas: localization of language functions in the human brain. Damage in this area causes aphasias communication disorders.
