Language

Question 1

S-structure (Chomsky)

Answer 1

Surface structure, actual spoken sentence we hear. Different in every language)

Question 2

D-structure (Chomsky)

Answer 2

Deep structure, abstract representation of a sentence. Universal, same in all languages. Chomsky said this part is innate.

Question 3

Overregularisation

Answer 3

Irregular verbs in irregular way. I goed to the cinema etc. Till age of 7

Question 4

Overgeneralisation

Answer 4

Creating new verbs by adding -ing. It’s weathering

Question 5

Systems to learn language

Answer 5

Pragmatic system ; turn taking, not just words, body language

Phonological system; speech perception and production

Syntactic system ; understanding and producing grammar

Semantic system ; understanding the meaning of words

Question 6

Pragmatic system

Answer 6

Proto-conversations, involve many social, cognitive and motor skills. Interacting with baby. Shared intentionality

Question 7

Phonological system

Answer 7

Speech segmentation. String of sounds broken into words. Infants learn this with infant-directed speech/motherese/baby talk. Higher pitch, slower, universal etc. Transitional probabilities; pairs that go together more often. babies could identify

Question 8

Speech production

Answer 8

1. Reflexive vocalisations
2. Cooing and laughing
3. Babbling and vocal play
4. Canonical babling
5. Modulated babbling (10m)