1. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS Grupo: Alejandro Ferrer Moya, Blanca Gallego Lopez,María Jose Garcia Ramón, Victoria Herrera Mercader, Soraya Lozano Carrión Grupo: Alejandro Ferrer Moya, Blanca Gallego Lopez,María Jose Garcia Ramón, Victoria Herrera Mercader, Soraya Lozano Carrión

2. INDEX INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION LANGUAGE ACQUISITION LANGUAGE ACQUISITION DEFINITION DEFINITION THEORIES THEORIES PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT BILINGUALISM BILINGUALISM CONCLUSION CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION WHAT IS PSYCHOLINGUISTICS? "Psycholinguistics is the study of the cognitive process that supports the acquisition and use of language" Schmitt, N. "Psycholinguistics is the study of the cognitive process that supports the acquisition and use of language" Schmitt, N. "Psycholinguistics is the study of how the mind equips human beings to handle language" Simpson, J "Psycholinguistics is the study of how the mind equips human beings to handle language" Simpson, J

4. INTRODUCTION HISTORY Over the centuries... Language discussions of language acquisition and of the origins of language. Language discussions of language acquisition and of the origins of language. Nineteenth century... Parallel interest in the psichology of adult language development Parallel interest in the psichology of adult language development

5. INTRODUCTION Twentieth century... First half: Behaviorism First half: Behaviorism Second half: Miller and Chomsky Second half: Miller and Chomsky

6. INTRODUCTION Second century.... Second century.... First half: Behavourism. First half: Behavourism. Second half: Miller and Chomsky. Second half: Miller and Chomsky. Today... Today... Psycholinguistics is a multidisciplinary field, drawing upon cognitive psychology, theoretical linguistics..... Psycholinguistics is a multidisciplinary field, drawing upon cognitive psychology, theoretical linguistics.....

7. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION DEFINITION DEFINITION THEORIES THEORIES

8. NATIVIST THEORY CHOMSKY'S ASSERTIONS: language is an innately acquired faculty CHOMSKY'S ASSERTIONS: language is an innately acquired faculty Arguments: Arguments: The sort period of time while a child achieves grammatical competence. The sort period of time while a child achieves grammatical competence. The lack of correction or explicit teaching by adults. The lack of correction or explicit teaching by adults.

9. NATIVIST THEORY The poverty of the stimuls available to the child. All normally developing children acquie full competence All normally developing children acquie full competence

10. NATIVIST THEORY UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR (UG) UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR (UG) Components: Components: Principles: they enable the infant to recognise features that are common to most or all of the world's languages. Principles: they enable the infant to recognise features that are common to most or all of the world's languages. Parameters: they can be set to accord with the language to wich the child is exposed Parameters: they can be set to accord with the language to wich the child is exposed

11. NATIVIST THEORY CRITICAL PERIOD; THEORY : CRITICAL PERIOD; THEORY : The two emispheres might be "plastic" at birth The two emispheres might be "plastic" at birth The left hemisphere gradually becoming the dominant one for language during the five first years of life The left hemisphere gradually becoming the dominant one for language during the five first years of life It was not corroborated by recent studies and commentators extended the cut-off point to adolescence It was not corroborated by recent studies and commentators extended the cut-off point to adolescence

12. ALTERNATIVE THEORIES Many alternatives to the nativist view emphasize the role of the LINGUISTIC ENVIRONMENT to which the child is exposed Many alternatives to the nativist view emphasize the role of the LINGUISTIC ENVIRONMENT to which the child is exposed Jean Piaget (Piatelli-Palmerini 1980) Jean Piaget (Piatelli-Palmerini 1980) Language acquisition is driven by COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT as the child succeeds in making sense of the world around it. Language acquisition is driven by COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT as the child succeeds in making sense of the world around it.

13. ALTERNATIVE THEORIES Other cognitive accounts – Human mind structure permits to trace patterns in real-world phenomena, including speech, without special language-related device. Other cognitive accounts – Human mind structure permits to trace patterns in real-world phenomena, including speech, without special language-related device. Deacon (1997) – It is possible that language took advantage of cognitive operations that served other purposes and that the brain then gradually evolved to accommodate it. Deacon (1997) – It is possible that language took advantage of cognitive operations that served other purposes and that the brain then gradually evolved to accommodate it.

14. ALTERNATIVE THEORIES Simulations of language acquisition based on computer modeling – A so-called return to empiricism (even behaviorism) – A connectionist computer program capable of ‘acquiring’ accurate past tense links. Even though: Simulations of language acquisition based on computer modeling – A so-called return to empiricism (even behaviorism) – A connectionist computer program capable of ‘acquiring’ accurate past tense links. Even though: No abstract rule No abstract rule Based upon generalization across examples and exceptions. Based upon generalization across examples and exceptions. However, whether this kind of program achieves its goal or not is open to challenge. However, whether this kind of program achieves its goal or not is open to challenge.

15. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND BILINGUALISM SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND BILINGUALISM

16. Child language development Is language innate? Is language innate? Many studies have investigated syntax, morhpology lexis an phonology. Many studies have investigated syntax, morhpology lexis an phonology. syntax: verbs used and its valencies. syntax: verbs used and its valencies. Morphology: whether inflecions are acuired by a child in a fixed order. Morphology: whether inflecions are acuired by a child in a fixed order. lexis: the way in which infants succeed in associating meanings with words. lexis: the way in which infants succeed in associating meanings with words.

17. Child language development Phonology: child face important challenges of establishing articulatory setting and of co- ordinating the movement of the articulators from one to another. Phonology: child face important challenges of establishing articulatory setting and of co- ordinating the movement of the articulators from one to another.

18. L2 AND BILINGUALISM Example: English-spanish bilinguals judge wheter letter strings are real words in their L2. These words are false friend. Spainsh: the word red means “net” English: the word red refers to a color.

19. CONCLUSION

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