LING 3P61 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Speech Perception, Dishabituation, University Of Manchester
15 Jan 2016
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Ling 3p61 lecture 3: social, sensory and cognitive foundations of. Kuhl: american babies learned mandarin sound contrasts after being interaction. Motivation (realizing that lang enables you to communicate) Social gating (infants learn lang if the auditory stimuli is live and a not after viewing readings on video. O"doherty: 2 year olds learned words only in experimental conditions. Why is the communicative function of language important for acquisition? conversation) read to live but involving. *important of communication for language learning; that"s when they tune in to language. Distance; your attention is split; the appraisal of an adult (feedback); opportunity for immediate response; can touch face of adult; opportunity for physical closeness and affection. Child and adult both attend to another entity; (parent can enable an episode of joint attention) 9-12 months of age: cognitive changes-from primary intersubjectivity (capacity to share oneself with others) to secondary intersubjectivity (capacity to share ones experiences with others)
