PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kanzi, Second-Language Acquisition
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International chart complex, at least 107 single letter sounds plus extensions. Washoe: communication is more basic, it can use sounds or symbols, doesn"t require structure, is not language, language has the 5 principles, bonobo chimpanzee, 500 words-lexigrams, chimpanzee, asl 250 signs, taught her own baby to sign. Koko: 1000 signs, uses an ipad, keeps pets, does internet chat sessions, first internet dater. Animals have vocabulary they can acquire quite a number of: arbitrary symbols- lexigrams, asl. Propositional thought represents objects and events through words language: ex: putting knife between apple and apple slices, understanding that one thing precedes another. Bilingualism: important in a canadian context: literature is mixed in terms of cognitive gains/losses, early acquisition is better.
