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S.Matthews
Parental correction Parents teach children to speak politely, not grammatically Aunt: Jau-mou giu Popo aa? Child: Popo! Grammatical correction does not seem to work when tried: Child: It is for what? Father: What is it for? Child: What is it for what?
Language input
LAD
Final State
Acquisition without input? the case of deaf twins and home sign the development of Nicaraguan sign language Specific Language Impairment (SLI) the K family and the FOXP2 gene: one defective gene results in impairment of morphology (and)
Summary
Language acquisition seems to be instinctive: language develops in the child spontaneously, without conscious effort or instruction. First language acquisition passes through regular stages of development Next lecture: bilingual first language acquisition
References
Brown, Roger (1973). A first language: the early stages. Harvard University Press. Chomsky, Noam (1986). Knowledge of Language: its nature, origin and use. Prager Books. Pinker, Steven (1994). The Language Instinct. Penguin.