EDHD 411 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mutual Exclusivity, Speech Perception, Thematic Relation
27 Feb 2018
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Language is unique to humans: noam chomsky, human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world . Early vocalizations: human vocalizations are flexible in purpose, unlike other primates. What counts as language : every newborn communicates from birth to 3 months using 5 distinct sounds (dunstan. Language: is a shared system of arbitrary symbols that refer to things, even in the absence of those things, is intentionally communicative. I think she"s trying to tell us something. : follows rules of structure (grammar) How do children begin learning language: recognizing speech. As soon as they are born, infants prefer to listen to: their mom, their native language, things they heard a lot in the womb, infant-directed speech (ids) The speaking style adults use when talking to children. Why might parents use ids: gets infants" attention, conveys emotion. **for both of these reasons, probably, infants prefer to listen to this over adult- directed speech.
