PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Universal Grammar, Baby Talk, Phoneme
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Represents the joint influences of biology (nature) and environment (nurture) Several facts suggest biological basis for language acquisition. Human children, despite limited thinking skills, begin to master language at early life without formal instruction languages (cooing) discard those of other languages. Between 1-3 months: infants vocalize entire range of phonemes found in world"s. By 2 months, infants show phoneme discrimination. About six months: infants begin to make sounds of their native tongue and to. Linguists believe there exists a critical period between infancy and puberty when. Language acquisition device (lad): innate biological mechanism that contains. Universal grammar becomes calibrated to the grammar and syntax of one"s native. Can children form language without hearing others speak? the general grammatical rules common to all languages. language is most easily learned. Lack adult models for language (e. g. deaf kids with parents who don"t use tongue. sign language) maybe.
