Vocabulary Development

Question 1

what constrainsts are there?

Answer 1

Rachel made Sally wear tshirts
Reference- the notion that the word symbolises or stands for object, action or event
Mutual exclusivity - the assumption that each object can be referred to by a single label
shape - most critical proper for identifying member or category
whole object assumption- labels refer to the whole object instead of parts or properties
taxonomical assumption - refers to the belief that speakers use words to refer to categories that are internally consistent

Question 2

what is bootstrapping ?

Answer 2

children use their strengths to develop weaker domains

Question 3

What arguments do domain-specific theorist say?

Answer 3

8points
Fast mapping suggests specific learning mechanisms
Input
Non humans have difficulty acquiring language
Contraints may be innate and specific to language
Grammar is abstact and not transparently mirrored in surface structure of the input
Children have the ability to predict word meaning from assumed word class and position in the sentence
Universal grammar

Question 4

What arguments support domain- general views of word learning?

Answer 4

There are 6 points.
Conceptual bias - word acquisition builds on constructs that the child has created about the words. Children from hypotheses about potential word learning
Fast mapping isn’t specific to word learning
Child learning is base on what the pay attend to - children pay more attention to shapes
Grammar may be delivered successfully because it is has been encountered in other domains such as identification and familiarity judgements.
Categorical perception in speech perception
Constraints could be argued specific to language but using domain general mechanisms