4- Language Acquisition

Question 1

Language comprehension

Answer 1

Understanding speech sounds, words and sentences

Question 2

Language production

Answer 2

-Articulating sounds and words
-combining words into sentences that others understand

Question 3

Phonology

Answer 3

-native language
-combinations of sounds

Question 4

Semantics

Answer 4

-meaning in words
-lexicon

Question 5

Pragmatics

Answer 5

-language in different contexts

Question 6

Syntax

Answer 6

-rules how words can be combined
-meaningful
-grammar

Question 7

Phonological development

Answer 7

Learning sounds and combinations of sounds in native language

Question 8

Saffran 1996

Answer 8

-8 month infants familiarised 2 minutes of fake language
-some sounds always occurred after each other
-then presented with familiar “words”
Findings:
-infants listened longer to non-words
-sensitive to statistical regulation

Question 9

Semantic development (comprehension)

Answer 9

-Around 4.5 months= own name
-6 months= nouns, body parts
-10-13 months= verbs

Question 10

Semantic development (production)

Answer 10

-words around 10-15 months
-16 months= 55 words
-23m=-225 words
-30m= 573 words
-6y= 6000 words

Question 11

Intermodal preferential looking paradigm

Answer 11

Associating words with correct person/object signals understanding

Question 12

Vocab spurt

Answer 12

-18 months
-objects, verbs, emotions

Question 13

Fast mapping

Answer 13

Initial mapping between new words and its meaning
-learning by exclusion
-guess modifies with more info

Question 14

Under extensions

Answer 14

-words mapped to narrow relevance
-not generalised the word yet

Question 15

Over extensions

Answer 15

-over generalise words to broad relevance

Question 16

Theories

Answer 16

Empiricism (nurture)
-knowledge gained through experience
-children blank states