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LINGUISTICS (Universal properties of language: (Constituency &…
LINGUISTICS
Universal properties of language:
Discreteness
Modularity
Productivity
Arbitrariness
Constituency & recursion
Recursion = allow one sentence to be contained within another
Variability
Reliance on context
Language loss (Attrition)
First language attrition
Second language attrition
Aphasia
Wernicke's Aphasia
= fluent aphasia (fluent speech but does not make sense)
Broca's Aphasia
= nonfluent aphasia (grammatically incorrect, cannot complete sentences)
Language?
Function: means of communication
Form: systematic code
Linguistic competence (descriptive rules)
unconscious ability to know rules of the language
eg:
able to interpret even if some parts of the speech is left out
Language is innate (not learned by immitation) -Naom Chomsky
Stages in language acquisition:
1) Cooing
2) Babbling
3) Holophrastic
4) Two-word
5) Telegraphic
Language deprivation
*feral children
Evidence:
existence of critical period in humans for language acquisition