Linguistics 1028A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hearing Aid, Universal Grammar, Preposition And Postposition

• School: Western University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: Linguistics 1028A/B
• Professor: Stephanie Kelly

Document Summary

Nativism: hypothesis, behaviour appears before it is necessary for survival, does not appear in response to the environment, not the result of a conscious decision, not the result of formal education or training. Milestones appear at critical periods: according to chomsky grammars are too complex & abstract to teach/learn as a child, children are born with a universal grammar. Learning: something you are taught or asked to focus on, learning that children do is subconscious. Why kitty can"t stand up: caregiver speech, slow, carefully articulated speech, higher pitch, exaggerated intonation & stress, longer pauses, not necessary for child language development, may be beneficial in some ways, feedback. If exposed to language during this period, children develop linguistically: evidence from genie (secret child of the wild) & chelsea (deaf but misdiagnosed) After children have passed through the mastery of sound & articulating: applesauce buy store, genie have full stomach.