PSYCH211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Pragmatics, Code-Switching, Bootstrapping (Linguistics)
1 Dec 2012
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Ex. this language differs from a dogs growl toward a child: the dog was communicating (expressing its feelings), but only in that moment/situation. Phonemes unique sounds that can be joined to create words the basic building blocks of language: ex. The impact of language exposure infants can distinguish phonemes that are not used in their native language! Key: the ability to distinguish phonemes not used in the native language declines across the first year of life. Initially, recognition of all phonemes is useful! the infant has the ability to learn any language which the adults around it speak. Decline in phonemic recognition is due to a perceptual reorganization to match the native language. 6 months infants pay attention to content words (noun, verbs) than to function words (articles, prepositions), and they look at the correct parent when they hear mommy/daddy.
