Acquiring language

Question 1

Baby and phonemes

Answer 1

Babies hear all phonemes, at 6 months prefer native. Seen in experiment using Hindi.

Question 2

Perceptual magnet

Answer 2

Grouping phones with bias for native language just like adults do. Not done in non-native language

Question 3

Experiment with English/Swedisch

Answer 3

Changed frequencies creates different variants of the language, head turn when change. Results show that you group native sounds not non-native, making them categorically percept non native as different, native as the sam

Question 4

Genie

Answer 4

Struggled most with making grammatically correct sentences.