EC 3322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Critical Period, General American, Pragmatics
28 Jun 2019
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Language with little reliance on context to relay meaning. Is how words, sentences, and sounds are organized and arranged to convey content. Pertains to how people draw on language functionally to meet personal and social needs. The five-components that can provide a slightly more refined description of the components of content, form, & use are: semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, pragmatics. Rules of language governing the meaning of words and word combinations. Rules of language governing internal organization of sentences. Rules of language governing internal organization of sounds. The subtle variations of phonemes that occur as a result of contextual influences on how phonemes are produced in different words. Each language has rules governing how sounds are organized in words. Rules that govern how language is used for social purposes. List 5 remarkable features of language: rate of acquisition, universality, species specificity, semanticity, productivity. Critical period: first 5-7 years sensitive period, window of opportunity.
