The document discusses various linguistic terms and concepts related to language acquisition, including babbling stages of infants and theories from key child language acquisition researchers. It also provides sample texts and tasks about studying language development topics like routines, theories, and analyzing child language data. The majority of the document appears to be materials for instructing students on the topic of how children acquire their first language.
This document discusses different types of synonymy:
1. Near synonymy, where expressions are similar but not identical in meaning. Examples given are mist-fog and stream-brook.
2. Partial synonymy, where expressions match in identity of meaning but fail to meet conditions of absolute synonymy. The example given is car-vehicle.
3. Absolute (perfect, complete) synonymy, where words match in all shades of meaning and stylistic characteristics. Examples given are airman-pilot and car-automobile. Absolute synonyms are rare for lexemes but more common for composite expressions.
This document provides an overview of theories and research on first language acquisition. It discusses the stages of acquisition from cooing and babbling to the one-word, two-word, and telegraphic speech stages. The document also examines the development of morphology, syntax, and semantics in a child's first language. Several theories on language acquisition are presented, including behaviorism, innatism, cognitive/developmental approaches, and sociocultural perspectives. The document concludes by advising the reader to consider multiple theories when seeking to understand language development.
Sociolinguistics - Chapter Two - Language choice in multilingual communitiesAyu Retno Aditya
This document discusses language choice and code switching in multilingual communities. It defines code switching as alternating between two or more languages in discourse, with one language typically dominant. Code mixing occurs when speakers use two languages below the clause level. The codes chosen convey how the speaker wishes to be viewed by others. Diglossia refers to using distinct language varieties for different social functions, with the "high" variety not used in everyday conversation. Code switching is intentional based on factors like topic or audience, while code mixing has no specific purpose and inserts words from another language.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. The term "semantics" comes from the Greek word for "sign" and was coined in the late 19th century to refer to the study of meanings. While meanings of words can be complex, semantics aims to understand how language conveys meaning through terms, signs, context, and intent. The field examines how meanings are constructed and understood between speakers.
This document discusses context and co-text in language. It defines context as the circumstances and audience that influence the meaning communicated by a speaker or writer. It also discusses reference as using linguistic forms like pronouns or definite articles to identify something, and how reference relies on shared knowledge between the speaker and listener. Finally, it explains how inference, collaboration between communicators, and pragmatic connections within a sociocultural community are necessary to understand references in context.
Language variation and_change_introductionmunsif123
This document provides an introduction and overview of the seminar "Language Variation and Change". It discusses how sociolinguistics examines small language variations that are determined by social factors and can lead to language change over time. These social variations are contrasted with internal linguistic variations. The seminar aims to explain the basic principles of language variation and change/sociolinguistics. Possible topics for student presentations and papers are outlined, covering areas like the history of sociolinguistics, individual case studies, gender differences, and the relationship between sociolinguistics and other fields.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. It deals with the literal meanings of words and sentences and the relationship between linguistic forms and what they refer to in the world. Pragmatics is concerned with how language is used in context between speakers. It examines how more is communicated than what is literally said. Theories of semantics and pragmatics have included meaning as naming, concepts, behavior, and truth conditions. Pragmatics also examines speech acts, relevance theory, cooperation principles, and argumentation. Both fields are important for understanding how meaning is constructed and communicated through language.
The document discusses problems of equivalence at the word level when translating between languages. It identifies 11 common problems including culture-specific concepts, words with no direct translation, semantic complexity, different distinctions in meaning, lack of superordinates or specific terms, and differences in frequency or purpose of forms. It then outlines 8 strategies for dealing with non-equivalence, such as using more general, neutral, or paraphrased words, loan words with explanation, translation by omission or illustration.
This document discusses different types of synonymy:
1. Near synonymy, where expressions are similar but not identical in meaning. Examples given are mist-fog and stream-brook.
2. Partial synonymy, where expressions match in identity of meaning but fail to meet conditions of absolute synonymy. The example given is car-vehicle.
3. Absolute (perfect, complete) synonymy, where words match in all shades of meaning and stylistic characteristics. Examples given are airman-pilot and car-automobile. Absolute synonyms are rare for lexemes but more common for composite expressions.
This document provides an overview of theories and research on first language acquisition. It discusses the stages of acquisition from cooing and babbling to the one-word, two-word, and telegraphic speech stages. The document also examines the development of morphology, syntax, and semantics in a child's first language. Several theories on language acquisition are presented, including behaviorism, innatism, cognitive/developmental approaches, and sociocultural perspectives. The document concludes by advising the reader to consider multiple theories when seeking to understand language development.
Sociolinguistics - Chapter Two - Language choice in multilingual communitiesAyu Retno Aditya
This document discusses language choice and code switching in multilingual communities. It defines code switching as alternating between two or more languages in discourse, with one language typically dominant. Code mixing occurs when speakers use two languages below the clause level. The codes chosen convey how the speaker wishes to be viewed by others. Diglossia refers to using distinct language varieties for different social functions, with the "high" variety not used in everyday conversation. Code switching is intentional based on factors like topic or audience, while code mixing has no specific purpose and inserts words from another language.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. The term "semantics" comes from the Greek word for "sign" and was coined in the late 19th century to refer to the study of meanings. While meanings of words can be complex, semantics aims to understand how language conveys meaning through terms, signs, context, and intent. The field examines how meanings are constructed and understood between speakers.
This document discusses context and co-text in language. It defines context as the circumstances and audience that influence the meaning communicated by a speaker or writer. It also discusses reference as using linguistic forms like pronouns or definite articles to identify something, and how reference relies on shared knowledge between the speaker and listener. Finally, it explains how inference, collaboration between communicators, and pragmatic connections within a sociocultural community are necessary to understand references in context.
Language variation and_change_introductionmunsif123
This document provides an introduction and overview of the seminar "Language Variation and Change". It discusses how sociolinguistics examines small language variations that are determined by social factors and can lead to language change over time. These social variations are contrasted with internal linguistic variations. The seminar aims to explain the basic principles of language variation and change/sociolinguistics. Possible topics for student presentations and papers are outlined, covering areas like the history of sociolinguistics, individual case studies, gender differences, and the relationship between sociolinguistics and other fields.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. It deals with the literal meanings of words and sentences and the relationship between linguistic forms and what they refer to in the world. Pragmatics is concerned with how language is used in context between speakers. It examines how more is communicated than what is literally said. Theories of semantics and pragmatics have included meaning as naming, concepts, behavior, and truth conditions. Pragmatics also examines speech acts, relevance theory, cooperation principles, and argumentation. Both fields are important for understanding how meaning is constructed and communicated through language.
The document discusses problems of equivalence at the word level when translating between languages. It identifies 11 common problems including culture-specific concepts, words with no direct translation, semantic complexity, different distinctions in meaning, lack of superordinates or specific terms, and differences in frequency or purpose of forms. It then outlines 8 strategies for dealing with non-equivalence, such as using more general, neutral, or paraphrased words, loan words with explanation, translation by omission or illustration.
This document discusses lexical cohesion and its importance in computational text understanding. It defines lexical cohesion as the cohesive effect achieved through the selection of related vocabulary within a text. There are several ways lexical cohesion is created, including repetition, synonymy, collocation, and lexical chains of successively related words on the same topic. Lexical cohesion helps determine context and discourse structure, thus aiding systems in resolving ambiguity and gaining a holistic understanding of a text's overall meaning.
This document discusses linguistic politeness and address terms. It begins by explaining how language choices indicate social relationships between speakers and listeners. It then examines the historical distinction between tu and vous in French, how symmetrical and asymmetrical usage symbolized intimacy vs. politeness and power relationships. Address terms like titles, first and last names are also analyzed, with mutual first names indicating equality and familiarity. The document concludes by defining positive and negative politeness and the importance of maintaining face in interactions.
This document outlines the key differences between spoken and written discourse as presented in a lecture. It discusses 7 commonly held differences: grammatical intricacy, lexical density, nominalization, explicitness, contextualization, spontaneity, and repetition/hesitations. For each, it presents the commonly held view and potential rebuttals. It concludes by discussing McCarthy's view that these differences exist on a continuum rather than as absolute distinctions, and that genres can vary considerably within the spoken and written modes.
This document outlines the key differences between pidgins and creoles. It begins with definitions, noting that pidgins are simplified languages used for communication between groups that don't share a common language, while creoles have developed from pidgins into stable first languages. It then covers the origins and theories of development of pidgins and creoles, followed by their distinguishing characteristics and stages of development. Pidgins are described as unstable, socially limited languages, whereas creoles have expanded vocabularies and more complex grammars as stable first languages.
This document provides information about general translation and examples of where it is used. It begins by defining general translation as the most common type of translation, which involves ordinary day-to-day speech and does not require specialized expertise. However, professional translators with postgraduate backgrounds in the target language are still recommended. General translations include documents like newspaper articles, emails, letters, CVs, brochures, and reviews. The document then provides more details on translating different types of newspaper articles and headlines, including differences in style between English, American, and Polish headlines. It also discusses techniques used in headline writing like omitting verbs and abbreviations.
This document discusses fields and collocation in linguistics. It defines paradigmatic relations as vertical substitutions of similar linguistic units, and syntagmatic relations as horizontal co-occurrences. It also discusses semantic fields (sets of related words), color systems, and collocation (words that often go together). Collocation includes lexical collocations of open classes and grammatical collocations of open and closed classes. Idioms also involve special collocational relationships.
This document discusses the concepts of reference and sense in linguistics. Reference deals with the relationship between language and real-world entities, while sense relates to the system of relationships between linguistic elements themselves. Referring expressions identify entities, with referring and non-referring expressions defined. Referents can be unique, variable, concrete, abstract, countable or non-countable. Sense involves the meanings and relationships between words and phrases. Ambiguous, anomalous, contradictory and paraphrased sentences are examined.
The document discusses various lexical semantic relationships between words including synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, prototypes, homophones, homonyms, polysemy, metonymy, and collocation. It provides examples and explanations of each relationship, noting how words can be related through meaning, pronunciation, or common association. Understanding these relationships is important for analyzing how meaning is constructed in text.
This Power Point presentation defines syntax and describes seven syntax rules for the English Language. The Presentation also discusses four issues English Language Learners find so difficult when it comes to learning and acquiring ESL.
A semantic field refers to a set of words grouped by similar meanings that relate to a specific subject. It is a collection of related words used to describe a particular domain or topic. There are two main types of semantic fields - ordered fields, where the words are arranged in a specific sequence, and unordered fields with no fixed ordering. Semantic fields help build emotion in literature by providing subtle context clues and hints about upcoming events or ideas. A lexical field focuses more on how words affect each other in sentences, while a semantic field emphasizes the underlying meanings expressed by groups of words.
This document appears to be a mini-test covering semantic concepts. It includes 8 multiple choice or short answer questions testing knowledge of topics like co-hyponyms, sense relations, semantic properties, figures of speech, and analytic/synthetic/contradictory statements. The test asks the student to identify true/false statements, shared semantic features of word groups, semantic properties of individual words, sense relations between word pairs, homophones/homographs/homonyms in sentences, figures of speech used in sentences, and whether given statements are analytic, synthetic or contradictory.
Componential analysis (feature analysis or contrast analysis) is the analysis of words through structured sets of semantic features, which are given as "present", "absent" or "indifferent with reference to feature". The method thus departs from the principle of compositionality. Componential analysis is a method typical of structural semantics which analyzes the components of a word's meaning.
1. Sense relation is a paradigmatic relation between words or predicates that results from the semantic relatedness between forms and meanings.
2. There are several types of sense relations, including synonymy (words with the same meaning), polysemy (words with multiple meanings), hyponymy (more specific terms that fall under a more general term), and antonyms (words with opposite meanings).
3. Semantics is the study of meaning in language. Word meanings can be classified in different ways, including referential, associative, connotative, social, affective, and reflected meanings.
1. The document discusses how children acquire their first language without direct instruction, instead constructing language through interactions.
2. Children do not simply imitate adult speech but actively test out their own constructions. Adults also do not produce all the expressions children use.
3. As children's language develops, they begin incorporating morphological and syntactic structures like plurals, past tense, questions and negatives in their own way before fully mastering conventions. Their meanings for words may also be broader than adults'.
World English refers to the English language as a lingua franca used in business, trade, diplomacy and other spheres of global activity, while World Englishes refers to the different varieties of English and English-based creoles developed in different regions of the world, Smith and Forman (1997), and Thumboo (2001b).
This document discusses the distinction between constative and performative utterances as described by J.L. Austin. Constatives are statements that can be true or false, such as "the window is open." Performatives are utterances that perform an action, like orders, promises, and bets. Implicit performatives do not specify the speech act, while explicit performatives use performative verbs like "I promise." Performatives can be happy if well-chosen or unhappy if inappropriate. The key difference is that constatives report or describe while performatives perform an action in saying something.
American structuralism was pioneered in the early 20th century by linguists such as Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield. It is based on the idea that the structure of language can be understood through analyzing the relationships between linguistic units without reference to meaning. Bloomfield's approach known as American structuralism emphasized empirical observation and rejected mentalist explanations. It can be divided into two phases: Bloomfield's behaviorist approach and later distributionalism pioneered by Zellig Harris.
1. The document discusses the development of children's speech production and comprehension from babbling to first words to telegraphic speech to rule formation. It explains that speech comprehension precedes production and the relationship between thought, comprehension, and production.
2. It describes characteristics of parentese/baby talk that aid language learning like exaggerated intonation and simplified grammar and vocabulary. Imitation, rule learning, and correction play roles in acquisition.
3. Memory and logic also facilitate language learning as children form word-object associations through memory and use inductive and deductive reasoning. Abstract words are learned later through experience and metaphor.
Children acquire language naturally in the first five years through exposure to their native language environment. Studies of language acquisition aim to understand and explain how children learn grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation by forming hypotheses, testing them through experiments and observations on children's natural utterances, and refining the hypotheses. Caregivers play an important role by using simple language focused on the child's immediate environment when interacting with young children, which helps the children learn without explicit correction of errors. Theories of language acquisition have attempted to explain this process, but both behaviorist and constructivist theories have limitations and the exact mechanisms are still under investigation.
Physiological prerequisites of sound productionVic Cedres
Children acquire language through a complex process involving both nature and nurture. They progress through distinct stages of phonological, lexical, and grammatical development from babbling to first words to combining words. Early errors reveal rule-governed learning as children segment words into syllables and master their native language's phonemes and phonological processes. Social interaction provides crucial input, though children can acquire language without full exposure through innate language learning capacities.
This document discusses lexical cohesion and its importance in computational text understanding. It defines lexical cohesion as the cohesive effect achieved through the selection of related vocabulary within a text. There are several ways lexical cohesion is created, including repetition, synonymy, collocation, and lexical chains of successively related words on the same topic. Lexical cohesion helps determine context and discourse structure, thus aiding systems in resolving ambiguity and gaining a holistic understanding of a text's overall meaning.
This document discusses linguistic politeness and address terms. It begins by explaining how language choices indicate social relationships between speakers and listeners. It then examines the historical distinction between tu and vous in French, how symmetrical and asymmetrical usage symbolized intimacy vs. politeness and power relationships. Address terms like titles, first and last names are also analyzed, with mutual first names indicating equality and familiarity. The document concludes by defining positive and negative politeness and the importance of maintaining face in interactions.
This document outlines the key differences between spoken and written discourse as presented in a lecture. It discusses 7 commonly held differences: grammatical intricacy, lexical density, nominalization, explicitness, contextualization, spontaneity, and repetition/hesitations. For each, it presents the commonly held view and potential rebuttals. It concludes by discussing McCarthy's view that these differences exist on a continuum rather than as absolute distinctions, and that genres can vary considerably within the spoken and written modes.
This document outlines the key differences between pidgins and creoles. It begins with definitions, noting that pidgins are simplified languages used for communication between groups that don't share a common language, while creoles have developed from pidgins into stable first languages. It then covers the origins and theories of development of pidgins and creoles, followed by their distinguishing characteristics and stages of development. Pidgins are described as unstable, socially limited languages, whereas creoles have expanded vocabularies and more complex grammars as stable first languages.
This document provides information about general translation and examples of where it is used. It begins by defining general translation as the most common type of translation, which involves ordinary day-to-day speech and does not require specialized expertise. However, professional translators with postgraduate backgrounds in the target language are still recommended. General translations include documents like newspaper articles, emails, letters, CVs, brochures, and reviews. The document then provides more details on translating different types of newspaper articles and headlines, including differences in style between English, American, and Polish headlines. It also discusses techniques used in headline writing like omitting verbs and abbreviations.
This document discusses fields and collocation in linguistics. It defines paradigmatic relations as vertical substitutions of similar linguistic units, and syntagmatic relations as horizontal co-occurrences. It also discusses semantic fields (sets of related words), color systems, and collocation (words that often go together). Collocation includes lexical collocations of open classes and grammatical collocations of open and closed classes. Idioms also involve special collocational relationships.
This document discusses the concepts of reference and sense in linguistics. Reference deals with the relationship between language and real-world entities, while sense relates to the system of relationships between linguistic elements themselves. Referring expressions identify entities, with referring and non-referring expressions defined. Referents can be unique, variable, concrete, abstract, countable or non-countable. Sense involves the meanings and relationships between words and phrases. Ambiguous, anomalous, contradictory and paraphrased sentences are examined.
The document discusses various lexical semantic relationships between words including synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, prototypes, homophones, homonyms, polysemy, metonymy, and collocation. It provides examples and explanations of each relationship, noting how words can be related through meaning, pronunciation, or common association. Understanding these relationships is important for analyzing how meaning is constructed in text.
This Power Point presentation defines syntax and describes seven syntax rules for the English Language. The Presentation also discusses four issues English Language Learners find so difficult when it comes to learning and acquiring ESL.
A semantic field refers to a set of words grouped by similar meanings that relate to a specific subject. It is a collection of related words used to describe a particular domain or topic. There are two main types of semantic fields - ordered fields, where the words are arranged in a specific sequence, and unordered fields with no fixed ordering. Semantic fields help build emotion in literature by providing subtle context clues and hints about upcoming events or ideas. A lexical field focuses more on how words affect each other in sentences, while a semantic field emphasizes the underlying meanings expressed by groups of words.
This document appears to be a mini-test covering semantic concepts. It includes 8 multiple choice or short answer questions testing knowledge of topics like co-hyponyms, sense relations, semantic properties, figures of speech, and analytic/synthetic/contradictory statements. The test asks the student to identify true/false statements, shared semantic features of word groups, semantic properties of individual words, sense relations between word pairs, homophones/homographs/homonyms in sentences, figures of speech used in sentences, and whether given statements are analytic, synthetic or contradictory.
Componential analysis (feature analysis or contrast analysis) is the analysis of words through structured sets of semantic features, which are given as "present", "absent" or "indifferent with reference to feature". The method thus departs from the principle of compositionality. Componential analysis is a method typical of structural semantics which analyzes the components of a word's meaning.
1. Sense relation is a paradigmatic relation between words or predicates that results from the semantic relatedness between forms and meanings.
2. There are several types of sense relations, including synonymy (words with the same meaning), polysemy (words with multiple meanings), hyponymy (more specific terms that fall under a more general term), and antonyms (words with opposite meanings).
3. Semantics is the study of meaning in language. Word meanings can be classified in different ways, including referential, associative, connotative, social, affective, and reflected meanings.
1. The document discusses how children acquire their first language without direct instruction, instead constructing language through interactions.
2. Children do not simply imitate adult speech but actively test out their own constructions. Adults also do not produce all the expressions children use.
3. As children's language develops, they begin incorporating morphological and syntactic structures like plurals, past tense, questions and negatives in their own way before fully mastering conventions. Their meanings for words may also be broader than adults'.
World English refers to the English language as a lingua franca used in business, trade, diplomacy and other spheres of global activity, while World Englishes refers to the different varieties of English and English-based creoles developed in different regions of the world, Smith and Forman (1997), and Thumboo (2001b).
This document discusses the distinction between constative and performative utterances as described by J.L. Austin. Constatives are statements that can be true or false, such as "the window is open." Performatives are utterances that perform an action, like orders, promises, and bets. Implicit performatives do not specify the speech act, while explicit performatives use performative verbs like "I promise." Performatives can be happy if well-chosen or unhappy if inappropriate. The key difference is that constatives report or describe while performatives perform an action in saying something.
American structuralism was pioneered in the early 20th century by linguists such as Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield. It is based on the idea that the structure of language can be understood through analyzing the relationships between linguistic units without reference to meaning. Bloomfield's approach known as American structuralism emphasized empirical observation and rejected mentalist explanations. It can be divided into two phases: Bloomfield's behaviorist approach and later distributionalism pioneered by Zellig Harris.
1. The document discusses the development of children's speech production and comprehension from babbling to first words to telegraphic speech to rule formation. It explains that speech comprehension precedes production and the relationship between thought, comprehension, and production.
2. It describes characteristics of parentese/baby talk that aid language learning like exaggerated intonation and simplified grammar and vocabulary. Imitation, rule learning, and correction play roles in acquisition.
3. Memory and logic also facilitate language learning as children form word-object associations through memory and use inductive and deductive reasoning. Abstract words are learned later through experience and metaphor.
Children acquire language naturally in the first five years through exposure to their native language environment. Studies of language acquisition aim to understand and explain how children learn grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation by forming hypotheses, testing them through experiments and observations on children's natural utterances, and refining the hypotheses. Caregivers play an important role by using simple language focused on the child's immediate environment when interacting with young children, which helps the children learn without explicit correction of errors. Theories of language acquisition have attempted to explain this process, but both behaviorist and constructivist theories have limitations and the exact mechanisms are still under investigation.
Physiological prerequisites of sound productionVic Cedres
Children acquire language through a complex process involving both nature and nurture. They progress through distinct stages of phonological, lexical, and grammatical development from babbling to first words to combining words. Early errors reveal rule-governed learning as children segment words into syllables and master their native language's phonemes and phonological processes. Social interaction provides crucial input, though children can acquire language without full exposure through innate language learning capacities.
Language is a complex system of communication that humans learn through both innate and environmental factors. It involves using symbols according to a set of rules. Children progress through several stages in acquiring language, starting with babbling and moving to one-word, two-word, and multi-word sentences as their vocabularies and understanding of grammar increase. Theories on language development include nativist, behaviorist, and interactionist perspectives on the roles of biological predisposition, environmental learning, and social interaction.
Children acquire language in predictable stages regardless of location or language. There are pre-linguistic, one-word, two-word, and telegraphic stages where children's utterances become more complex as their vocabulary and grammar develop. Theories suggest children's early language serves practical, social, and learning purposes rather than just labeling objects. Children master grammar structures like pluralization before structures like past tense as they progress toward fluent language use by age 5.
Children acquire language through a complex, innate process that unfolds over time. Babies are not born speaking but have the innate ability to learn language by being exposed to rich linguistic input from caretakers. Key aspects of first language acquisition include babbling, following milestones in phonological and grammatical development, and learning an increasingly large vocabulary through everyday interactions. The ability to acquire language appears to be biologically determined, as evidenced by characteristics of innate behaviors.
This document provides an overview of language development in children from birth through early childhood. It discusses several key points:
1. Infants begin making sounds like cooing and babbling in their first year but do not speak actual words. Around their first birthday, infants say their first words which are usually names for people or objects.
2. The four main elements of language are phonology, semantics, grammar, and pragmatics. Children must learn the sounds, meanings, rules, and social uses of language.
3. Infant-directed speech from parents uses exaggerated tones and slower pacing to help infants learn the sounds of their native language. By around 18 months, children experience a vocabulary sp
The document discusses theories of language acquisition, including behaviorist, nativist, and interactionist theories. It evaluates these theories based on the stages of language acquisition. The behaviorist theory believes that language is learned through imitation and reinforcement, while the nativist theory, championed by Chomsky, argues that humans have an innate language acquisition device. The interactionist theory sees both nature and nurture as contributing factors, with language developing through interactions with one's environment.
This document discusses key topics in first language acquisition, including:
1. Theories of language acquisition such as behaviorism, innatism, and interactionism. Innatism posits an innate language acquisition device while interactionism emphasizes social interaction.
2. Developmental stages of language acquisition from babbling to two-word sentences to complex grammar. Milestones include understanding language before production.
3. Experiments like the "WUG test" that show children internalize rules like plural formation without being taught.
4. Theories of bilingual acquisition including additive bilingualism, which has cognitive benefits over subtractive bilingualism.
The document examines issues in defining competence versus performance and the
The document discusses theories of language acquisition in children. It describes how children learn the major aspects of language like grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation in their first five years without formal education by being exposed to a language-rich environment. Two main theories discussed are the behaviorist theory, which claims that children learn through imitation and reinforcement, and the creative construction theory, which argues that children have an innate ability to acquire language and create new utterances. While both theories try to explain the process of language acquisition, each has weaknesses and the exact process is still being studied by linguists and researchers.
The document discusses theories of language acquisition in children. It describes how children progress from early sounds to multi-word sentences as they extract the rules of grammar from the language around them. While behaviorist theories proposed that children learn language through imitation, reinforcement, and analogy, the document argues these cannot fully explain language development. Instead, it supports the innateness hypothesis that children are born with an innate capacity to learn language that allows them to acquire grammar rapidly even from limited and variable input.
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Children acquire language with remarkable ease and success despite the complexity of language and their limited cognitive abilities. This is known as the "logical problem" of language learning. There are several reasons why innate linguistic knowledge must underlie acquisition: 1) Children's knowledge exceeds the input they receive. 2) Linguistic constraints and principles cannot be learned through general intelligence. 3) Universal developmental patterns cannot be explained by language-specific input alone. The logical problem suggests language acquisition relies on innate, language-specific mechanisms.
Children are not simply imitating or memorizing the language they hear, as behaviorists theorized. Evidence shows that children make systematic errors that cannot be heard in adult speech, can understand and produce novel sentences, and are not consistently corrected by parents. Chomsky proposed the theory of Universal Grammar to explain language acquisition - that children are born with an innate, biological language acquisition device containing universal grammatical categories and rules. This innate knowledge allows children to easily learn the grammar of any human language when exposed to it.
The document discusses normal language development in children from birth to age 3. It explains that language development begins in the womb and progresses through babbling, first words, two-word phrases, and simple sentences by age 3. Conversation skills improve with age as children develop vocabulary, grammar, and the ability to discuss topics not in the immediate present. The foundation for literacy is built during these early language years.
The document summarizes the stages of language acquisition in infants and young children. It discusses how the infant vocal tract develops, the stages of cooing and babbling that begin around 4-8 months, the emergence of first words between 12-18 months, telegraphic speech at age 2, and the achievement of normal speech by ages 5-6. It also provides tips for caregivers to support language development, such as using full sentences, reading books, and expanding the child's vocabulary through descriptive language.
The document summarizes the stages of language acquisition in infants and young children. It discusses how the infant vocal tract develops in the first year and the progression from cooing and babbling to first words and telegraphic speech. It emphasizes creating a language-rich environment by talking, reading, and expanding on the child's words and phrases to help vocabulary growth from 12-18 months. Motivation and confidence in successful language use also reinforce learning in a stress-free environment tailored to the child's needs and pace.
The document discusses language acquisition and provides details on several key theories of how children learn language. It describes behaviorist theories which posit that language is learned through imitation and reinforcement, as well as nativist theories which argue that humans are born with an innate language acquisition device. The document also discusses interactionist theories which view language development as dependent on both biological and environmental factors, including interaction with others. It provides details on Chomsky's theory of an innate universal grammar and evaluates the different theories based on the stages of language acquisition.
The document discusses feral children, who live in isolation without exposure to human language and behavior from a young age. It describes different types of feral children and several notable cases throughout history. It analyzes their ability to acquire language after being rescued from isolation, providing support for the critical period hypothesis that natural language acquisition is only possible during a limited developmental window in early childhood.
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Denis is a dynamic and results-driven Chief Information Officer (CIO) with a distinguished career spanning information systems analysis and technical project management. With a proven track record of spearheading the design and delivery of cutting-edge Information Management solutions, he has consistently elevated business operations, streamlined reporting functions, and maximized process efficiency.
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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