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Psychological Theories on Language Acquisition - Dictionary of Arguments
Slater I 199 Language Acquisition/psychological theories: Eimas et al. (1971)(1) alluded the problem of how does the infant settle on the subset of phonetic categories (>Categorical perception/psychological theories) Slater I 200 relevant to their native language? >Language development/Eimas, >Language development/psychological theories. We reviewed evidence for universal VOT categories (voice onset time; >Phonetics/psychological theories) that are then finely tuned by listening experience. But what if this experience contains two languages? Although some evidence suggests that early formation of language specific phonetic categories is advantageous for one’s first language (Tsao, Liu, & Kuhl,2004)(2), the sensitive period for native-like acquisition of a second language extends far beyond early infancy. How these phonetic constraints play themselves out in the domain of bilingualism, especially at the level of the lexicon, is a topic that has garnered considerable interest in the past few years (see Werker & Byers-Heinlein, 2008)(3). 1. Eimas, P. D., Siqueland, E. R.,Jusczyk, P., &Vigorito,J. (1971). Speech perception in infants. Science, 171, 303-306. 2. Tsao, F.-M., Liu, H.-M., & Kuhl, P. K. (2004). Speech perception in infancy predicts language development in the second year of life: A longitudinal study. Child Development, 75, 1067—1084. 3. Werker, J. F., & Byers-Heinlein, K. (2008). Bilingualism in infancy: First steps in perception and comprehension of language. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12, 144—151. Richard N. Aslin, “Language Development. Revisiting Eimas et al.‘s /ba/ and /pa/ Study”, in: Alan M. Slater and Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Psychological Theories Slater I Alan M. Slater Paul C. Quinn Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2012 |
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