FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bootstrapping (Linguistics), World Learning, Fast Mapping

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

* for evaluation u only need 1 blog, 1 person, etc. Four aspects of language: phonology: speech sounds, semantics: words and their meanings, grammar: structure of language, pragmatics: language is used for effective communication. -> examples : delete unstressed syllable, banana becomes nana Replace hissing sounds with stop consonant sounds. -> examples: sea becomes tea, say becomes tay -> children understand more words than they use. Children say first word at 12 months. -> rapid connection of new words to meanings. -> cannot consider all meanings for new words. -> between comprehension of 50 words (language understood) and production of 50 words (language they use) Types of words in toddlers" 50-word vocabulary. -> words that describe, demand or come with an action or that express or demand attention. -> words that refer to properties, qualities, or events. > example: all gone, big, dirty, hot, mine. -> words that express emotional states and social relationships.