PS102 Lecture Notes - Denotation, Natural Language, Functional Fixedness
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2nd languages are learned easier earlier: environmental factors-acculturation increase bl, motivation, positive attitude. Babbling- phonemes maturing physical capacity: vocal capacity is growing through control of lips, tongue, throat maturing language capacity, deaf babies will sign babbles, babbling is a sign of language development. Word recognition, symbolic gesturing gestures listen longer to unfamiliar word: grasp recognition of other word. Mistakes: overregularizations (over-applying grammar rules) ed put it on the end of the word. Metalinguistic awareness (an awareness of how language works) recognize their own mistakes sarcastic humour. Cons: processing speed some evidence of reduced processing speed concerning bilingualism forced bilingualism decrease self-esteem decrease proficiency in own language. Theories of language acquisition learning language through getting positive feedback- positive association operant conditioning vocalizations would be positively reinforced animal language the fact that animal language exists suggest that language can be learned. Nativist theories-language is innate- norm chomsky mistakes aren"t observed: we don"t model mistakes therefore it must be innate.
