LING 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Derek Bickerton, Critical Period Hypothesis, Language Acquisition Device
22 Oct 2018
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Ling 1010 lecture 17 - language acquisition: the arguments of. Then we will go into three arguments of language acquisition: If a critical period exists, language acquisition post-puberty becomes increasingly dif cult. The language acquisition device (lad) has shut down . After that period, learning language must rely on general learning faculties: memorization, determination, motivation etc. If acquisition starts: before the age of 7: fully uent, before the age of 15: near uent (steady decline, after 15: non-native performance (individual differences) Genie was 13 years old when people found out about her. Explanation: early exercise (normal rst language acquisition) helps the acquisition of a later language. Genie did not have a rst language at all. Having a rst language to start with could improve success with learning a second language. In evolutionary terms, universal grammar was preceded by a more elementary innate communication device, called proto-language. Where can proto-language be found: genie, any two-year-old.
