9 - Language Acquisition 2 Flashcards
What is Quines problem? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
For any given word, there are infinite possibilities for what it could mean
What is the lexical gap hypothesis? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Children understand they don’t know a specific word, so they replace it with a novel object
What does scaffolding do? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Aids children in learning vocabulary and development
What did Baldwin (1991) analyse? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Scaffolding
What was Baldwin (1991) experiment and what did he find? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
- 2 toys (1 in view, 1 hidden)
- 1 in sight is labelled as ‘x’ a number of times
- Both toys in front of the child and they are asked to pass ‘y’
- Even though they have not seen ‘y’ and do not know what it is called, they still pass that one
- Deductive reasoning
What devised fast mapping? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Carey 1978
What is fast mapping? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
The ability to link a novel name to a novel object, through application of known information
What is generalisation and when is it used? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
When children don’t know the word for an object, they underextend or overextend
What does it mean when a child overextends? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Using one word for too many objects
What does it mean when a child underextends? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Using one word for only a few objects
What is shape bias? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Applying the same name to items that are of the same shape
What did Samuel and Smith (1999) find? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
When children have 150-250 nouns in their vocabulary, they will chose an object, the need to match, based on shape
What does shape bias occur through? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Experience, not age
What do children have to learn in order to form sentences that make sense? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
Syntax
What is syntax? (Acquisition 2 Developmental)
The arrangement of words into sentences
