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This theory of language origin says words are based on instinctive responses
What is the Pooh-Pooh Theory
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Animals communicate in here and now; humans can communicate about things not immediately present past/future... GRR- dog/human difference
What is Displacement
100
In 1997, a feral boy was found living in the woods of Aveyron in the South of France. He would eat of the floor and make strange noises that resembled canine sounds.
What is Wild Boy of Aveyron?
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Who is the founder of linguistics
What is Noam Chomsky
100
language that is not acquire through a certain age
What is Critical Period Hypothesis?
200
language began as unconscious vocal imitation of body physical effort: humans developed grunts, swear words used when lifting heavy objects- communal physical
What is yo- heave-ho theory:
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Girl living in Los Angeles, in captive isolation that limited both her physical activity and linguistic input.
What is Genie?
200
language acquisition device
What is LAD stand for?
300
Second Symbolism- correspondence between sounds and meaning. Small, sharp, high things tend to have words with high front vowels in many languages, while big, round, low things tend to have round back, vowels! Compare itsy, bitsy, teeny with moon
What is Ding-Dong Theory
300
Novel utterances are being created, new expressions and new sentences, not by animals
What is Productivity?
300
Language disorder that affects someone's ability to learn a language
What is FOX P2
300
a method of human communications, either spoken or written consisting of the use of words in a structure and conventional way
What is language
300
damage to the front left side of the brain
What is Brocas Alphasia?
400
This theory on the origin of languages says that words are based on natural sounds
What is Bow-Wow Theory
400
Sounds of language are discrete (ie., pack.back) Sound and difference b and q. Each sound discrete but not as a blend
What is Discreteness?
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a seven year old boy who lived with his mother locked in a room with birds.
What is Prava the Bird Boy?
400
children learn a language by hearing words and sounds
What is mimicking?
400
damage to the rear left side
What is Wernicke’s Alphasia
500
Language began with the easiest syllables attached to the most significant objects
what is the Mama Theory
500
language organized on TWO levels stimutaneous: physical level (Production of individual sounds b,p) and meaning level
What is Duality?
500
a famous case that involves a feral child who is introduced to society for 68 years and learned only two words.
What is Wild Peter
500
all humans are born with a 'sense' for language
What is biology?
500
damage to the entire left side of the brain
What is Global Aphasia