PS275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Phonological Development, Psycholinguistics
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The five components of language: psycholinguistics those who study the structure and development of children"s language, 5 kinds of language underlie the growth of linguistic proficiency, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics. Linguistic universals an aspect of language development that all children share. Learning theorists empiricists language is learned (nurture: nativists language acquisition is biologically programmed (nature) Interactionists language acquisition is a complex interplay among a child"s biological predispositions, cognitive development and the characteristics of their unique linguistic environment. Instead of unidirectional imitation, bidirectional imitation of mothers and their infants" vocalizations has been observed: learning theorists can"t explain the development of syntax. The nativist perspective: noam chomsky argued that the structure of even the simplest of languages is incredibly elaborate, too elaborate to be taught by parents like skinner proposed or discovered through trial-and-error processes. Theory of language that children construct for themselves and use to guide their own attempts to communicate.
