Chapter 9 MODULE 9 Flashcards
Language
phonemes
smallest unit of sound
(ba)
morpheme
smallest unit of meaning
example: bins has 2 morphemes
if you teach an animal signs and symbols what will be missing?
Syntax
Xavier is 8 and mother wants to teach his spanish?
Did he miss the critical period?
Yes, Critical period is before 5
Which side of the brain is language lateralized to
Left hemishpere
Is lateralization strong at birth?
No, it is present but its mild
gets stronger over development
Brian can understand the conversations but he can’t speak much at all
What condition does he have
Broca’s aphasia
Anthony speaks in long complicated and nonsensical sentences. He still produces fine but nothing makes sense.
What is his condition?
Wernicke’s aphasia
Can deaf ppl experience aphasias
what does this tell people?
Yes they can
damage to broca and wernicke not specefic to the modality of speech
Chase(31) and Jane(3) has damage to language area.
Who is more likely to bounce back
Jane
When thinking about Genie and Chelsea and late language development want was the common theme.
They didn’t pick up grammar and syntax
Age at exposure predicts what?
syntatic outcome and accent
if someone is learning language after puberty what will be fine?
noun learning
what is different abt late 2nd learner brain?
2nd language not lateralized
what is newports theory on child language acquasition
perceptual and memory limitations lead children to get smaller bits of language
