LING 1F94 Study Guide - Final Guide: Obstruent, Pragmatics, Preposition And Postposition
7 Apr 2016
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Marked: structures that are complex and uncommon in human language. Unmarked: structures that are simple and common in human language. Markedness: predicts what sounds will be more difficult to acquire; something more marked will be more difficult to learn. Isolate: used to describe a language that is so old that it is impossible to be traced back to a language of origin. Grammar: the mental system of rules and categories that allows humans to form and interpret the words and sentences of their language. Naturalistic approach: observing a child as they develop over a long period of time; using diary studies, recordings, and annotated transcripts; usually longitudinal. Longitudinal: following the same person over a long period of time to see how they develop. Experimental approach: puts child in an interactive state; designed to elicit linguistic knowledge from the child; targets specific features/questions about language acquisition; tends to be cross-sectional.
