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1
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Evidence from language acquisition

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Listening
Speaking
Reading
Spelling

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Behaviourist - Empiricist

Skinner

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  • S-R
  • Imitation
  • Reinforcement
  • Shaping
3
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Linguistic - Nativist

Chomsky

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  • Language Faculty
  • Universal Grammar
  • Innate
  • Switched on by experience
4
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Skinner was a

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Behaviourist - Empiricist

5
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Chomsky was a

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Linguistic - Nativist

6
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Interaction (Constructivist) Models

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➢Cognitive Models (Piaget)
•Development, reasoning & environment
•Stages

➢Information-Processing Models (PDP, Connectionist)

➢Social Interaction Models

7
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Auditory-Visual Characteristics of Language
(Peelle & Davis, 2012
Davies & Johnsrude, 2007)

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Listening to language

8
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Kisilevsky et al 2003

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Prenatal learning
Average fetal heart rate for the 2 min prior to voice onset, 2 min of mother’s or stranger’s voice, and 2 min following voice offset

9
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Mamas et al 2009

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1-8 days old cry contours

30 French & 30 German infants

10
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Universal listeners

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discriminate all phonetic units of the world’s languages

11
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Language acquisition

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Listening
Speaking
Reading
Spelling

12
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Early learning frames future

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neural commitment

own language facilitated

13
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Kuhl 2004

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Universal listeners

Early learning frames future

14
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Nazzi, Bertoncini, Mehler 1998

Pre natal Learning

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0-5 days old French infants
High Amplitude Sucking Paradigm
   - learning phase (operant conditioning)
   - habituation phase
   - new stimulus (dishabituation)

English v Japanese
(stress timed) (mora timed)

English v Dutch
(stress timed) (stress timed)

(English & Dutch) v (Italian & Spanish)
(stress timed) (syllable timed)

15
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Kuhl, Kiritani, et al., 1997

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By 1 year old no longer hear foreign language phonetic contrasts

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(Tsao Liu & Kuhl, 2004)

Neural Committment

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Tuning to native language at 6m = improved language growth at 13, 16, 24m

17
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Challenges of learning speech sounds:

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➢Segmentation

➢Grouping

➢45 different sounds (phonemes) in English

18
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Pre speech learning

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➢stress, intonation, rhythm,
➢vowels,
➢boundaries, phoneme contrasts
➢word order, grammar,

Statistical learning & probability

Sounds, prosody, word order

Prih-tee / prih-bee
is running / can running
Splash / Splaft

19
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Segmenting based on properties of language

Saffran 1996

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“bidakupadotigolabubidaki”

Bida = word (high probability)
Kupa = word boundary (low prob)
Test with words & non-words

8m learn to pair syllables as words i.e. patterns to segment speech

20
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Listening route

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Speech input - Acoustic Analysis- Phonological Lexicon - Semantic Lexicon

21
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Lexicons are…

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Broad but narrow

22
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IDS is…

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Infant-Directed Speech

23
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Kuhl, Andruski et al., 1997

IDS

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(Motherese/Parenteses/Baby talk register/Primary Linguistic Data/Child Directed Speech)

➢Higher pitch
➢Slow tempo, shorter phrases
➢Hyper-articulated
➢Clear category examplars e.g. vowels
➢Simple syntax & semantics
24
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Kuhl, Andruski et al., 1997

IDS

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English
Russian
Swedish

25
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Singh, Morgan & Best, 2002

Language input: IDS

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➢Infants prefer “happy-talk”

➢Depressed mothers show less exaggerated prosody

26
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Uther, Knoll, Burnham 2007

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Compared to adult / foreigner directed speech
➢IDS is higher in pitch
➢IDS comprises more positive affect
➢FDS/IDS exaggerated vowels

27
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(Thiessen, Hill & Saffran, 2005)

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➢Non-word learning, 6-7m

➢Listening times longer for words than part words in IDS

28
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Thiessen, Hill & Saffran, 200

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➢IDS helps word segmentation
➢Segmenting abilities at 6 months predict later vocabulary

➢IDS prosody helps with learning sound-meaning associations (17m)

29
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Controversy

Soderstrom (2007), Newport et al (1977), Durkin (1987)

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➢Preference or foetal experience?
➢Complexity of IDS
➢Other input (ADS)
➢Non-maternal speakers
➢Preference ceases 7-9m
➢Other environmental cues
30
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Tomasello 2003

Controversy

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Intention reading & pattern finding

31
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(Shneidman & Woodward, 2016)

Controversy

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Directedness vs intentionality or expertise

32
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➢Apparent lack of IDS in some cultures
Controversy
Ochs (1985)

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Samoans reject “child-centeredness”, emphasis on child to do the learning – no speech modifications

33
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Apparent lack of IDS in some cultures
Controversy
Heath (1983)

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Trackton mothers, S.Carolina – reported no CDS or talking to infants but immersed in language, and were addressed.

34
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➢Apparent lack of IDS in some cultures
Controversy
Haggan (2002)

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Kuwaiti mothers adamant they didn’t use CDS. Observations showed they did. Potential input from siblings

35
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O’Doherty et al. 2011

Care-giver’s speech

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Interactive human element improves learning

36
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Caregiver-Infant learning: Social Context

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➢Conversation
➢Joint Attention (9-12m)
➢Communicative pointing (12m)
➢Intentions (18m)

37
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Tomasello, 2000

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Language acquisition

38
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Anglin, Miller & Wakefield, 1993

Lexical development

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6,8,10 year olds vocabulary.

Increasing complexity, syllables, compounds etc.

e.g. lead-er-ship

39
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Listening and speaking pathway

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Speech input - acoustic analysis - phonological buffer - speech out put

Acoustic analysis - phonological lexicon - semantic lexicon

Phonological buffer - phonological lexicon back and forth

40
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Kuhl (2004) Early Language Acquisition

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18m - manipulate language to fit with sounds in repertoire
2y- begin playing with sounds (phonological awareness)
1-7y
articulatory gesture development, grammar development
3y
onset /k/ and rime /aet/ of cat, past tense
4y
similar start sounds, exposure to alphabet feeds phonological awareness
6y
decode into phonemes, 14,000 word vocabulary
8-9y
Subtleties of grammar, 40,000+ words

41
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Babbling to word transition

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Hear and see speech - produce speech - sound, tactile feedback - social feedback

42
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Prelinguistic vocal development

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Reflexive Vocalisations
0-2 months
Crying, burping, fussing, vowel-like sounds
Cooing Laughing
2-4 months
Coo, goo, back of mouth
Vocal Play
4-6 months
Variety, explore sounds
Canonical babbling
6 months +
C-V syllables with adult-like timing, bababa, bagidubu
Jargon
10 months +
Early speech, sounds, syllables, stress, intonation- conversation
Protowords
12 months +
Made up but resemble adult words, controlled, has meaning.