HD FS 229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Apache Hadoop, Phoneme, Eye Contact
16 Mar 2016
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Eye contact- very early on, at only a few days old. 4 components of language: phonology- sounds of language, semantics- learning meanings for words (vocab, grammar- rules we use in putting words together to communicate, pragmatics- social rules for language use- different people, different contexts. Phonemes- basic structure for language sound, non syllables: examples: oo,kw, e. As newborns, we have an innate capacity to distinguish between any phoneme and any language: we prefer our native language. Since we have been exposed to our mothers language prenatally. We can still tell the difference between languages until 6-8 months. Muscle control in the mouth and tongue. Cultural similarities: mama, dada: constantly heard and encouraged to say on their own. First speech sounds: cooing (2 months) extended vowel sounds. Ex: ooooo,aaaaa: babbling (4 months)- consonant then vowel. These two first speech sounds are universal as they occur in the same exact time in children everywhere including deaf children.
