Psychology 2134A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Longitudinal Study, Lexical Decision Task, Critical Period Hypothesis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2134A/B
• Professor: Olessia Jouravlev

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European union 56% can converse in more than one language. Bilingual belt that includes some part of ontario and quebec. Urban area with the greater population of bilinguals is montreal. Bilingual: a person fluent in more than one language. It"s hard to estimate the strength of exposure: depends of the social status of the language (born in ontario, father speaks. Are they initially confused and learn both as one language (fusion hypothesis) Often children are capable to differentiate on the language: some clues. Only one used by a certain parent/ caregiver. Can discriminate phonology of two languages: but soon tune in to one language (after 4 months or so) But can"t differentiate two foreign languages: bilingual babies. Can differentiate their two native languages by 4 months: supra-segmental features (rhythm, stress, timing) of babbling: English and french have different supra-segmental features. English: kingdom (first syllable longer, louder, higher pitched)