Stages of Language Acquisition

Stages of Language Acquisition

Stages of Language Acquisition

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

Course Readings

Stages of Language Acquisition

The following readings have been posted to the Moodle course site:

Contemporary Linguistics: Chapter 10 (pp. 351-358, 367-374)

Language Files: Chapter 8 (pp. 319-332)

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

Stages of Language Acquisition

Key Idea from the First Week: Learning a first language is a kind of human instinct.

One Piece of Evidence for this Idea: First language acquisition follows a predicable series of `milestones' (correlated with age).

Language acquisition is guided an inner, biological clock Thus, it's more like `maturation' than purely social learning (Chomsky)

In today's lecture, we'll learn more about what those stages of language acquisition are like...

Stages of Language Acquisition

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

Language Learning in the Womb

Claim From First Week: First language acquisition actually begins prior to birth.

Stages of Language Acquisition

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

Language Learning in the Womb

Claim From First Week: First language acquisition actually begins prior to birth.

The Experimental Evidence: (Peter Jusczyk, 1970s)

Background Fact: Infants suckle faster when they `like' an auditory stimulus.

Stages of Language Acquisition

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

Language Learning in the Womb

Claim From First Week: First language acquisition actually begins prior to birth.

The Experimental Evidence: (Peter Jusczyk, 1970s)

Background Fact: Infants suckle faster when they `like' an auditory stimulus. Technique:

Developed a pacifier that could measure rate of sucking Played recordings of both French and English to English and French 4 day olds

Stages of Language Acquisition

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

Language Learning in the Womb

Claim From First Week: First language acquisition actually begins prior to birth.

The Experimental Evidence: (Peter Jusczyk, 1970s)

Background Fact: Infants suckle faster when they `like' an auditory stimulus. Technique:

Developed a pacifier that could measure rate of sucking Played recordings of both French and English to English and French 4 day olds Results: French babies `liked' French more than English English babies `liked' English more than French

Stages of Language Acquisition

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

Language Learning in the Womb

Claim From First Week: First language acquisition actually begins prior to birth.

The Experimental Evidence: (Peter Jusczyk, 1970s)

Background Fact: Infants suckle faster when they `like' an auditory stimulus. Technique:

Developed a pacifier that could measure rate of sucking Played recordings of both French and English to English and French 4 day olds Results: French babies `liked' French more than English English babies `liked' English more than French Follow-Up Study: Preference stayed when all they could hear was intonation. Preference disappeared when intonation was taken out.

Stages of Language Acquisition

Course Readings

The Stages of Language Acquisition

Language Learning In-Utero

Stages of Babbling

Stages of Phonemic Learning

How Kids Learn Phonemes

Stages of Morphological Learning

Stages of Syntactic Learning

How Kids Learn Rules

Summary

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