Lesson 08 — Acquisition

Reading for this week:
Contemporary Linguistics, p. 361 – 394 (Ch. 11)

Things to know:

  •  The different stages of development
  • The role of feedback (i.e. caregiver speech)
  • The different types of studies (naturalistic vs. experimental) (sect. 1.1, p. 362 – 364)
  • The Critical Period Hypothesis
  • The story of Genie and the implications of her story

Tutorials:

 None.

Homework:

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