Language Acquisition

According to Noam Chomsky, who conceived it, the "system of principles, conditions, rules that are elements or properties of all human languages."

Level 1 acquisition of phonemes

Critical period for language acquisition

When a child learns a foreign language at the same rate as a native language

Diminishing capacity for learning a foreign language

Partial or total inability either to convey ideas in language or to understand language as a result of damage to the brain

Aphasia caused by damage to Broca's area (front) in which a speaker finds it impossible to form comprehensible sentences. Can still understand

Aphasia caused by damage to Wernicke's area, because of which a speaker finds it difficult to understand speech. Can speak fluidly but it makes no sense

Exchange of (usually) initial sounds in a series of two or more words. "Sew you to your sheet."

Verbal slip in which a similar word is substituted for an intended one. "The pineapple of intelligence" (when "pinnacle" was the intended word.)

Verbal slip in which a latter sound accidentally also occurs earlier than it should in a word or phrase

Verbal slip in which an earlier sound is also accidentally retained in a later prosition. ex "big bilch" when "big belch" was intended

Dyslexia in which language users subsitute synonyms or words phonologically similar to those that are intended

Dyslexia in which speakers struggle to read unfamiliar or nonsense words aloud

Dyslexia in which speakers have trouble reading words with irregular spellings

Damage to the brain causes a person to lose the ability to read. AKA Alexia