Language Flashcards
What is the difference between non-human animals language and human language 3
Complexity
Structure
Productivity
5 components of language are:
Pragmatics, semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology
Phonology
Languages different sounds
Morphology
Study of words I.e suffixes and prefixes
Suffix - letter after word
Prefix - letter before word
Syntax
Study of sentences and phrases I.e how people put words in certain order to create sentences to communicate
Semantics
Meaning of the sentence
Pragmatics
Social aspects of language I.e
Facial expressions and indications of conversation endings
What did Noam Chomsky believe?
That language is inherited knowledge by genetics
What is the interactionist theory?
We learn language from our environment and it’s not genetic however both environment and genetics is important
We were born with the capacity to learn language but specific components are learned from the environment
Stages of language: 4
- Pre-linguistic stage
- Holophrase stage
- Two-wed sentence stage
- Multiple word stage
Pre-linguistic stage:
Period
Behaviours
First 12 months Infants make eye contact Babble Learn sound of language Work out which sounds belong to their language
Holophrase stage
10-13 months
Infant produces first words
Beginnings of syntax
Two word sentence stage
18 months
Noun and another word
Multiple word sentence
2 years old
Infant uses function words and grammatical morphemes
What are the parts of the brain that support learning and language?
Inferior frontal gurus, brocas and wernikes area
