LING 3P61 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Critical Period Hypothesis, Twin, Joint Attention

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Children learn language in predictable patterns (first 1 word, then 2) Across a spectrum- children learn first word between certain ages. Content- meaning (semantics) and how words related to each other (antonyms, synonyms) Vocalizations- from birth, even deaf babies but stop because not reinfornced. Holophrasic period- one word= a phrase ex. Overextention- one word extends to more than one context. Age 3-4: begin to mater grammar: overregularization- cats, dogs, mouses (haven"t learned exception, narration- story, sequence of events. Just like a child is programmed to grow given the adequate nutrition formalism- language would develop the same way whether it is used for communication or not. Most children learn language easily, and around the same time. Wugs- very young children are able to know that 1 wug, 2 wugs- the rules are innate universal grammar- children have the ability to learn structures of all languages (a born ability)

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