CLA Flashcards
when does language acquisition start ?
before birth
who done the wug test?
Jean Berko
what is behaviourism
a notion of learned behaviour as a set of responses to stimuli
what was skinners behaviourist theory ?
they hear language being used and attempt to use it and either be positively or negatively reinforced
what are the 6 stages of LA
prelinguistic stage
babbling stage
holophrastic stage
two-word stage
telegraphic stage
post-telegraphic stage
what’s the prelinguistic stage?
birth - 6months
crying, whimpering, cooing
what’s the babbling stage
6 months - 1year
repetitive babbling
able to lower and raise jaw
what’s the holophrastic stage?
1 - 2 years
one word stage
what’s the 2 word stage?
1.5 - 2.5 years
vocab of 50 words
mini sentences
what’s the telegraphic stage?
2.5 years
more than 2 words at a time
resembles telegram (not complete sentences)
post-telegraphic stage
3 years
compounding occurs
inversions in questions
what was Aitchisons 3 stages of development
1-labelling- linking words to objects
2-packaging- exploring, over/underextension
3-network building- making connections
who was the theorist of CDS
bruner
what is CDS
conversations and social interactions with mko
wgat was tomasellos theory?
usage based linguistics - children build language slills by using it
what was cetherin garveys theory?
importance of play- allows independence and imagination, turn taking rules
who is the nativists?
chomsky and lenneberg
what was lennebergs idea
critical period, where it is easiset for children to aquire language
what was chomskys ideas?
LAD, universal grammar
whats LAD
language aquisition device- an innate ability to aquire and understand language
whats universal grammar
all children develop in the same pace, and all have basic understanding of grammar
who are the cognitivists
piaget and vygotsky
