PSY315H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Speech Recognition, Eye Tracking, Voice-Onset Time
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Most people are bilingual: should be looked as the default. Instead look at monolinguals as the default case. The normal state: characterizes many individuals. Obvious benefit: capacity to communicate in other languages. Context is much more variable as oppose to learning a single language: way child exposed to input could be very different, result is that individuals within a certain group. Often end up with individuals who are a little bit heterogeneous. Some studies end up with groups of children that are somewhat diffuse in terms of their language abilities. Often difficult to make stable generalizations (cid:862)earl(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:271)ili(cid:374)gualis(cid:373) (cid:894)(cid:862)si(cid:373)ulta(cid:374)eous(cid:863)(cid:895: therefore, need a number of studies in order to nail a phenomenon. Because the groups are more heterogeneous in several parts. Learning two languages at the same time from a comparatively early age. Why may learning two languages be confusing: have idea that things could possibly be mixed up in the heads now, different models of representation.
