PSY 3136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: French Language, Speech Perception, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3136
• Professor: Christopher Fennell

Document Summary

Child language and infant bilingualism have so far received only marginal consideration from most linguistic scholars. Did a case study on his daughter hildegard and said this. Until 2000 there was no studies on early bilingualism. In the last 5 years we"ve had more studies than in the last 15 years. Most ppl say it must be diff but some researchers say it shouldn"t be that diff. Most ppl jump to the conclusion that they are all diff but they they aren"t really that diff. Bfla, simultaneous vs. bsla, sla, fla, consecutive, successive; primary vs. secondary. When you become bilingual is important - sensitive period. In studies they show what is considered bfla and bsla. De houwer (1995) argues that bfla only if within 1 month. If you learn the two lang after 1 month you are bilingual. You have to reach a certain level of proficiency to be biling. Choosing cut off and criteria to meet.