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Language Acquisition: Understanding the Relationship Between Speech and Thought

Explore the intricate connection between speech sounds and cognition, delving into how grammar and lexicon shape our understanding of the world. Discover the complexities of language-specific structures and how children navigate the vast landscape of linguistic rules and patterns to build their internal language system. Witness the enchanting process of acquiring language as we unravel the mysteries of syntax, phonology, and semantics. Join us on a journey through the stages of language development, from grasping basic word stress to forming complex anaphoric chains. Let's decode the foundations of communication and cognition together.

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Language Acquisition: Understanding the Relationship Between Speech and Thought

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  1. The Problem Week I-Monday 1 knowledge of the world under standing (MIND) Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon

  2. The Problem Week I-Monday 2 Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon knowledge of the world under standing (MIND)

  3. The Problem Week I-Monday 3 Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon knowledge of the world under standing (MIND) lexicon

  4. The Problem Week I-Monday 4 Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon knowledge of the world under standing (MIND) lexicon cate- gories

  5. The Problem Week I-Monday 5 Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon knowledge of the world under standing (MIND) lexicon phrases cate- gories

  6. The Problem Week I-Monday 6 Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon knowledge of the world under standing (MIND) lexicon phrases cate- gories trans- forms

  7. The Problem Week I-Monday 7 Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon knowledge of the world under standing (MIND) lexicon phrases repre- senta- tion cate- gories trans- forms

  8. The Problem Week I-Monday 8 Speech sounds and understanding (matter and mind) are related by (a language specific) grammar and lexicon knowledge of the world under standing (MIND) lexicon phrases repre- senta- tion cate- gories trans- forms BUT: By what procedure will the child build that mediating structure {parser, grammar, lexicon}?

  9. Paradox Week I-Monday 9 You do not hear word or phrase structure, unless you have a grammar BUT: The child does not have a grammar yet

  10. Trial and Error? Week I-Monday 10 If the learner had some piece of grammar out of the blue, he might try it BUT: There is no a priori language specific grammar

  11. Try All Grammars Week I-Monday 11 If there were a limited amount of a priori grammars, the learner might check them all BUT: The amount of grammars is astronomical, say 240

  12. Decision Week I-Monday 12 We need a procedure to derive grammar from speech sounds

  13. Proposal Week I-Monday 13 Let us listen to the children in order to reconstruct the acquisition hierarchy • Which properties do children pick up first, which later? • What enables children to find that hierarchy?

  14. Preview Week I-Monday 14 The learnability of : First week: Lexicon and stress Categories (± N , ±V) Second week: Phrases (IP, DP) Transforms (movements to C) Third week: Scope and anaphoric chains (pronouns/reflexives)

  15. Preview Week I-Monday 15 First week: a. the acquisition of word stress b. the acquisition of ± N, ± V

  16. Preview Week I-Monday 16 Second week: Underlying and derived structure

  17. Preview Week I-Monday 17 Third week: Anaphoric Chains

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