Definitions
The networks or hierarchies of meaning for individual vocabulary words (i.e. lexicon) and the knowledge of meaning relationships of words in sentences (i.e. case grammar)
Semantics
Intentionality
Morphological error
Language acquisition can be accounted for by innate, internally generated processes
Nativist perspective
The system that includes all of the speech sounds in the languages and the permissible ways of combining those sounds into words
Phonology
Child asks, "What did you say? I missed that."
Conversational conventions
A child describes a "old gray-haired tall man"
Semantic/syntactical error
All learning is considered to occur through externally controlled events
Behaviorist perspective
The system that is concerned with the permissible combinations of words with affixes
Morphology
Child to mom: "Where are my shoes? I'm not sure where they are, can you help me?"
Child to baby: "Where are your shooooooes? Let's go find them!"
Presuppositional knowledge
A child says "sheet" when she means "sheep"
Phonological error
Developmental abilities interact with environmental factors ultimately building up the child’s knowledge of language.
Interactionist perspective
the rules for how to carry on a conversation with another person
Discourse/conversational conventions
Child 1: "Hi. Do you want to – "
Child 2: *talks*
Child 1: I wasn't done talking yet. Let me finish talking and then you can talk.
Turn-taking
A child says "musicsers" instead of "musicians"
Morphological error
Noam Chomsky created this perspective.
Nativism
the knowledge that the speaker has about the register that is appropriate for a particular social context
Presuppositional knowledge
Teasing, acknowledging others, correcting others, and joking
Speech acts
A child asks a question but does not use typical rising intonation
Phonological error
B.F. Skinner created this perspective.
Behaviorism