PSY312H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Auditory Cortex, Onomatopoeia, Second-Language Acquisition
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Sounds = vibrations of waves picked up and understood by our temporal lobes. These are the basic building blocks of language. Cooing = first sounds infants make; some coo with their hands. Sounds transition into babbling in early toddlerhood/late infancy; they learn to put consonants together, ex. ma, da da, ta no meaning. Within a year, meaning appears but it"s not language yet. Most important word that has meaning at 1 is no. We learn that words have different meanings depending on the context. This varies enormously from language to language red car vs car red (spanish). Underlying structure: henry is easy to place main participant is henry, henry is eager to please one word changes, the participant becomes someone else. The chicken is ready to eat could have two meanings. We process the intended meanings accurately and effortlessly and thus why it is believed we have an innate system. Emotional/affective = asperger"s syndrome if you cannot have it.
