Lectures 13 and 14 Flashcards
Noam Chomsky’s Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
grammar is so complicated so humans have to have a separate system that contains grammar to allow humans to communicate their desires
Broca’s area
language production/expression
Wernicke’s area
processing of words that humans hear
Broca’s and Wernicke’s area are connected by a large bundle of nerve fibers called
the language loop
Amygdala
deals with anxiety, sadness, and our responses to fear (ASF)
hippocampus
memory
Thalamus
receives information from sensory organs and sends them to the cortex for processing
cooing or babbling emerge at
2 months
underextensions
when children use a word too narrowly
overextensions
when a child uses a label too broadly
two word utterances occurs between
18 and 24 months
telegraphic speech
meaningful statements that express a child’s understanding to desire. (MSECUD)
Word production
the utterances and words that children
speak aloud. (generative language)
individual differences in language acquisition are related to
brain development, child temperament, caregiver’s style, and socio-economic standing (BD, CT, CS, SES)
referential style
vocabulary that consists of words that refer to objects (WRO)
