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Exam 1-Set 6
Chomsky-Grammaticality Judgement
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/16/2013

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Chomsky
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Came up with Universal grammar-a set of principles common to all language, its an innate basis to learn structure of language from exposure
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Nativism
Definition
Universal grammar on an abstract level-allows us to learn language just by hearing it
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Modularity
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On a psychological level, language is independent from other skills and general knowledge
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Critical period
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Word learning does NOT have a critical period, however, syntax, phonological processing, and morphology do (starts around age 7)
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Lenneberg
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Added to Critical period idea (Neural plasticity)
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L2
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Basically the idea that if you know one language, when you hear another the grammatical rules you already know will help you piece together what you're hearing
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