Child Language Acquisition Flashcards
Component 1 Section B
What are the 8 language levels?
smallest - biggest/ broadest
- Phonetics
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Lexis
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Discourse
What is Nativism?
A way of thinking where you believe mental structures were given from birth
They are innate
What is Behaviourism?
A way of thinking where you believe all learning takes place through ‘conditioning’
What is the LAD?
The Language Acquisition Device- children have the innate ability to extract the rules underlying language from words they hear being spoken around them
INPUT- LAD- OUTPUT (primary linguistic data- general language learning principles- grammatical knowledge rules- child’s speech)
Language Levels
What are phonetics?
Individual sounds
Language Levels
What is phonology?
Sound patterns
Language Levels
What is morphology?
Units of meaning
Language Levels
What is lexis?
Words and vocabulary
Language Levels
What is syntax/ grammar?
how words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences
Language levels
What are semantics?
The meaning of the utterance
Language levels
What are pragmatics?
The context
* Physical
* Epistemic
* Linguistic
* Social
Language Levels
What is discourse?
The whole text (broadest language level)
What is a feral child?
A child in a wild state, particularly if they have left domestication/ do not have parent contact
