1st Language Development

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1st Language Development

• Stages in first language acquisition.

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Language Acquisition Theory

• Noam Chomskys Theory
• Transformational Grammar
• Deep structure of our language
• Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
• An instinct that enables language learning
• Imprinting then dying off
• Brain Development theory
• Multiple neuron firing in a childs brain
• Neural pathways start to establish at puberty
• Specialization of centers in the brain

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Language Development

• Stage one
• First Words
• Nouns
• Bilabial initial phonemes
• Holophrases
• One Word sentences (ELL)
• Overextension (ELL)
• Too specific a term for a general object
• Underextension (ELL)
• Too general a term for a specific object

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Language Development

• Stage Two
• First Sentences
• Telegraphic Speech
• Two word sentences
• Usually Noun Verb
• Me go?
• Whole objects not parts
• Mostly refers to Type

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Language Development

• Stage Three
• Grammar Development
• Overregularizing (ELL)
• I taked it!
• Okay yes
• Three, Four, Five word sentences
• Pronunciation improves greatly
• All vowels in the native language
• All consonants in the native language

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Language Development

• Stage Four
• Vocabulary Development
• 6 yr. olds have 8,000 to 14,000
• 20,000 word vocabulary by age 11
• Pre-school years are crucial
• Early trouble with abstract terms
• Early Trouble with communicative competence
• Teasing, sarcasm, taunts,