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Anthropology
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04/20/2015

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r complex
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the part of the human brain that is similar to the reptilian brain
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limbic system
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i s the largest part of the human brain is is where language skills reside
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corpus callosum
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is the amin connection between the two hemispheres of the brain it facilitates communication between them.
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innateness hypothesis
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proposes that children have the innate capacity to differentiate phonemes extract words from the stream language and process gramma
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universal grammer
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the system involving phonemic differences word oder and phrase recognition what is the basis for the theory of the innateness of angle acquisition
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langauge acqusition device
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the theoretical area of hardwiring in the brain of children that peoples them to acquire language
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imitation hypothesis
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language acquisition proposes that children acquire language by imitating the people around them
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poverty of the stimulus
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theory proposed by chomsky accounts for the ability of children to acquire patters of langue for which they have not heard
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holophrases
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one word utterances with which the toddler express an entire sentences
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holophrastic stage
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langage acquisistion is when the child uses holophrases
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telegraphic speech
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occurs as children begin adding more words to their two word sentences
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underextension
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occurs when a child acquires the definition of a word and applies it to narrowly
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sequential bilingualism
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occurs when a child acquires a second language after having begun to acquire a first language
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unitary system hypothesis
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proposes that infants exposed to 2 or more languages begin by constructing one lexicon and one set of semantic rules to encompass both languages.
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separate system hypothesis
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proposes that infants exposed to tow more lungs differentiate the lungs from the very beginning constructing different phonological system
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fossilization
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the first language characterisitics results in the foreign accent of second language learners after the age of puberty
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