LINA02H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Critical Period Hypothesis, Oralism, Nonsense Word
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A biologically determined window of opportunity between birth and puberty during which the brain is prepared to develop language. Evidence for critical period effects in language acquisition: case studies of individual feral/abused children (isabelle, genie and. 2nd language acquisition (e. g. johnson & newport 1989) o: deaf adults acquiring asl (newport 1990, nicaraguan sign language. What aspects of language can and cannot be acquired after the critical period: can acquire: Vocab and basic word order: can"t acquire: Discovered at age 6, living in a darkened room with her deaf-mute mother as her only contact. Low iq when found at 9 yrs. old, completely caught up with her peers and had a normal iq: chelsea: Wore hearing aids, gained 9 yrs. of training. Could read at a grade level 2 or 3: but . After 12 yrs. , syntax still is at level 2. 5 yr. old. Telegraphic speech: lacking function words and inflectional morphology: genie:
