LINA02H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Joule, African American Vernacular English, Inferior Frontal Gyrus
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Critical period hypothesis believes that there is a window of time during childhood where language acquisition is best suited but if missed, language will come harder as time goes on. Innateness is proven because the closer language acquisition is to birth, that universal language babies have enables easier learning. Evidence for critical period effects in language acquisition (genie, Genie acquired pluralisation of nouns, negative/affirmative, conjunctions, modification, and possessives. Genie was unable to acquire syntax (word order), and transformations. Language acquisition can occur later in life but will not be completely learned nor be fluent. Newport"s article focused on native learners, early learners, and. Late learners which showed that the late learners were less accurate in performance in comparison to native learners and early learners. Root morphemes but the plural morphemes remain the same. Speech errors tell us that in the stages leading up to producing any sound at all, we have already constructed entire phrases.
