PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Metalinguistic Awareness, Oneword, Communication

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Iva Apostolova

Document Summary

One-word stage: holophrastic- one word many meanings, errors, overextensions- word is used too liberally- specific word apply to things it should not, daddy=man, underextentions -general word but child restricts to specific cases, drink=juice only. Two-words: telegraphic- basic sentences, demands, questions, possession, statements. More complex speech: preschool complex speech, full sentences, some grammatical flaws, overregularization, english past tense (ex: runned) and plurals (ex: gooses) Metalinguistic awareness: growing appreciation of ambiguities, playing with words. Imitation: shaping, problems-does(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) (cid:272)reati(cid:448)it(cid:455) i(cid:374) uttera(cid:374)(cid:272)es or errors i(cid:374) spee(cid:272)h, mine got two beets. Nativists: limitations: account of grammar and its development is limited, adults can learn and do so effectively. Interactionist: language is learned/used in a social context, biological contribution supports language learning, cognitive development contributes to language development, they believed that your generally cognitive processes encourage development, two types of interactionists, cognitive, social communication. Language : uniquely human : many animals communicate with each other using vocalizations, signals, or sequences in behaviour.