ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Enculturation, Clan Home, Linguistic Competence
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Language, structure abd learning: newborns: may start prenatally, language differentiation and ability happens very early. Babies cry in the language that they hear prenatally. Strong preferences for family members at birth: all children learn language but they learn by hearing complex interactions rather than baby talk , at six months: infant respond preferentially to sounds in their native language(s) Additional factors: educational attainment of the parents, linguistic competence. If you were raised in an environment that has no people speaking, takes longer to learn: socioeconomic status, attitudes toward child rearing. Made claims that these products raised a baby"s iq point and that they would have a high iq if they didn"t use it. Prenatal education system: targeting fears that we are not doing enough to educate our children. How do these procuts reflect revailing us marketing. Sociocultural info is encoded in the organization of conversation children acquire cultural knowledge as they are involved in such interactions.
