1.3 language acquisition

Communications 102 with Caughlin at University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

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linguistic development

what you learn

phonology

sounds

phonological perception

as you learn a language, it becomes categorical

mammals' auditory system is well-tuned to pick up differences in sounds

human language is designed for people to pick this up

phonological production

make errors because of simplified sets of rules people make

errors aren't fixed until the rules are learned

deletion error

stop-top

string-tring

deleting a sound

substitution error

adding a sound that shouldn't be there

ready-wedi

shoe-zu

sub one sound for another

assimilation error

jumbling sounds

sounds around another affect it - nasally sounding

lamb-nam

reduplication

jumbling sounds

type of assimilation error, repeat the same sound

telletubby-tubbatubby

reasons for error

1) haven't practiced enough to know difference between right/wrong (wrong)

2)limited production of sound (wrong)

3)kids used simplified rules when speaking

morphology

study of words

average child knows 14,000 words (7 new ones per day!)

over-application of words: "mans" (men) "goed" (went)

kids often over-rule things they say

syntax errors

John told Mary to leave - Mary leaves

John promised Mary to leave - John leaves (kids think Mary leaves)

*simplified

babbling

first stage in language acquisition

about 6 months old this starts

"practice" for communication

one-word

second stage of language acquistion

about 12 months old when it begins

HOLOPHRASTIC SPEECH

-labeling (dogs, dada)

-expression possession

-identifying an acting agent

-expressing a desire

holophrastic speech

one word expresses a whole sentence/phrase

two-word

third stage in language acquisition

about 18 months old when it takes place

put 2 words together

ex) doggie bark, drink milk

* no 3 word stage exists

complex multiword

4th stage of language acquisition

telegraphic speech (drop little words)

sentence structure: S-NP/VP

possible explanation of language acquisition: imitation

children imitate what they hear

problems:

-novel linguistic forms (something new and they didn't hear an adult say it)

-not all children imitate

-primarily used to build new vocab

*not best explanation of language acquisition

possible explanation of language acquisition: reinforcement

adults positively reinforce "correct" speech and discourage "incorrect" speech

problems:

-adults rarely correct (exhausting, it's cute!)

-most corrections are ineffective

possible explanation of language acquisition: rule formation

BEST explanation

children look for general patterns in language, and they form rules on the basis of these patterns

start with simplified rules that become more complex

evidence: overgeneralization of rules ( +s, +ed)

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