Exam 3 Ling 100 Wilson1) First language acquisition1. Babbling-4-6 monthsCanonical- repetition of syllables 6-10monthsVariegated babbling- variation in syllables 10-12months2. Phases of babblingDiscomfort-cooing,laughter-Babbling-1word-2words-inflectionalmorphology-questions-complex structure-mature speech-fancy linguistic jargons3. Language discrimination processes in infantsNature-Universal grammarNurture-General cognitive abilitiesii. Your notes on first language acquisitioniii. BBC documentary viewed in class (ask Adam for the link if you cannot find it)1. Psycholinguistic methods in first language acquisition2) Aphasia and Neurolinguistics1. Types of aphasia (Broca’s; Wernicke’s)2. Deficits of each type of aphasia in production and comprehensionBroca’s: disturbance of language word forming, slow effortful speech, grammar errors, phonological errors. ‘Telegraphic speech’Wernicke’s: Poor comprehension, short term memories, Phonemic and substitution errors, Repetition, Difficulty of understanding.Anomia: Trouble with lexical terms.3. Be able to describe the recovery pattern of Broca’s aphasia (grounding the description in linguistic terms!)4. Review all the videos of aphasic speakers we saw in class5. How do aphasic patients data inform linguistic theory?6. Be able to describe the main mechanisms that lead to a vascular brain damageHemorrhage (a burst of a blood vessel or artery in the brain), stoke (lack of oxidation in some tissues)3) Bilingualismi. Posted notes on bilingualism1. Who is a bilingual speakersAnyone who could speak 2 languages2. Types of bilingualismSimultaneous- Exposed to 2 languages from birth.Successive- From learning later on (divided into early and late)Language they are speaking, type of fluency, the history of learning3. Demographics of bilingualism in the US4. Models of bilingual language processing5. Cognitive effects of bilingualismIt makes connections, processes faster.ii. Your notes on bilingualismiii. Chapter in book4) Sociolinguistics: Language variation and dialectsPosted notes on Sociolinguistics 1. What is sociolinguistics?2. Linguistic variation approaches to languageVideo: “American
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