1. System of language interrelated components of Phonology Morphology
Videos of babbling
Morphology
covered last time– Turkish;
wug test
Syntax
Negatives, questions, passives
Semantics
Word learning (Baldwin for today; Tomasello paper for Wed)
Pragmatics

2. Morphological Rules Berko (the Wug test)
Do children know the English plural rule with segments (non-words) that they have never encountered before?
Children do not memorize each plural but they have internalized a rule for it
This is a Wug
Now there is another one.
There are two of them.
These are two …?

3. 3 problems of language Problem of reference Problem of grammar
has to do with discovery of what words mean
Problem of grammar
has to do with arranging morphemes and words into well-formed utterances
Problem of pragmatics
has to do with figuring out how to use language appropriately in a given context

4. Baldwin: interpersonal understanding
Importance of social interaction and interpersonal understanding
Importance of salience (general cognitive constraints)
Evidence for importance of social interaction
Young typical babies
Autistic children
Discuss

5. Discrepant labelling 30 to 50% of time
Difference between the infant’s and adult’s focus
But infants can learn new words in discrepant labelling situations
Understand discrepant emotional expression
By 18 months
Imitate intentional behavior (there), not nonintentional behavior (whoops), by 15 months
Deficits to intentional understanding in autism
Motherese and motionese

6. Next 3 meetings Wed: Tomasello, perceiving intentions (pdf)
Mon: Hoff/Naigles; Hurtado, Marchman, Fernald (pdf’s)
Wed: Küntay & Slobin (to be distributed)