ANT253H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Franz Boas, Edward Sapir
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Things in size 10 font : to give context but probably not important. Things italicized/bolded - probably important content/terms - pay closer attention red - very important (mentioned in the announcement or just talked about extensively) blue - occurs in multiple places (ie. ch. *don"t need to memorize specific examples but understand it, how does it relate* Being in contact with speakers of a language, children acquire it spontaneously. Listening imitating vocab: primary bilingua lism : term for bilingualism which started before the time frame for acquiring a native language closed (at around three years). People who are primary bilingual have two native languages. Don"t necessarily mean you"re fluent in both, but you grew up (before the age of 3) learning more than the one. Secondary bilingualism : bilingualism which started after the time frame for acquiring a native language closed. People with this kind of bilingualism only have one native language.
