Summarize Chapter 1 LTG 202

1 Acquisition Young children in the first 3 years need to interact with people who talk to learn a specific language like English. For example, the case of Genie child who does not hear or is not allowed to use language will learn no language Cultural transmission is also important because kids don't inherit a specific language like English from their parents. They learn it by being around people who speak it. Input  Linguistic environment plays an important role in language acquisition of a child  Caregiver Speech The way caregivers talk to young children often encourages them to take part in the conversation, even before they can actually speak.  E.g: Caregivers talking to young children by using short, easy sentences. They often repeat things and explain things in different ways to help them understand. They mostly talk about things that happen right in front of the child 2 The Acquisition Schedule All children seem to develop language at the same time because it is li...

1 Neurolinguistics Def: the study of the relationship between language and the brain 2 Language Areas in the Brain The shaded areas in the picture indicate the general locations of those language functions involved in speaking and listening Broca’s Area Def: a part of the brain in the left hemisphere involved in speech production Wernicke’s Area Def: a part of the brain in the left hemisphere involved in language comprehension The Motor Cortex and the Arcuate Fasciculus Def:   Motor Cortex : a part of the brain that controls muscle movement Arcuate fasciculus : a bundle of nerve fibers connecting Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area in the left hemisphere of the brain The Localization View Def: the belief that specific aspects of linguistic ability have specific locations in the brain  3 Tongue Tips and Slips   tip of the tongue phenomenon: The experience of knowing a word, but being unable to access it and bring it to the surface in order to say it Studied this phenomenon ha...