Language Learner

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Language Learner

• Childrens speech - developing system, not
  imitations
• SLL - sequences of development FLL
• 1st utterances - telegraphic
• Predictable sequences of the grammatical system
• Childs language - a system on its own right
• Language errors - transfer from the L1
• Contrastive analysis
• Interlanguage

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Developmental sequences

• Developmental errors - made by L1 learners
• Overgeneralization
• Simplification - lack of elements
• Transfer or interference
• Developmental sequences
• Child language learning cognitive development
• SLL previous cognitive development

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Grammatical morphemes

• First Language Acquisition Order of
  acquisition
• present progressive mummy running
• plural -s two books
• irregular past forms baby went
• possessive s daddys hat
• copula Annie is a nice girl
• articles the and a
• regular past -ed she walked
• third person singular simple present -s she
  runs
• auxiliary be he is coming

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• Second language Acquisition
• accuracy of order - different ages first
  language backgrounds
• different MT - similar order
• SLA similar to FLA
• influence of the MT
• the effect of affective

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Negative Sentences
First language acquisition negative functions -
learnt early stages 1. word no - no go, no comb
hair 2. insertion of a negative element in a
more complex structure - I cant do it. He
dont want it 3. S-V agreement when using do, be
can - you didnt have supper. She
doesnt want it.
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Second language acquisition stages 1. Negative
element no - no bicycle. No have any
sand. I not like it 2. no not alternated
with dont - he dont like it. I dont
can sing 3. negative element after the auxiliary
verb - you cant go there. He cant eat
nothing. She dont like rice 4. correct use of
do (tense person) - it doesnt work. We
didnt have supper. She doesnt wants to go
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Question formation
Stage 1 single words or simple two- or three-word
sentences, raising intonation. Cookie? Mommy
book? Formulaic chunks Wheres daddy? Whats
that? Stage 2 longer sentences without changing
the internal structure you like this? I have
some? Why you catch it? Chunked-learned form
whats that?
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Stage 3 notice of the question structure can I
go? Is that mine? generalisation -verb at the
beginning of a sentence Is the teddy is tired?
Do I can have a cookie? Wh- declarative word
order Why you dont have one? Stage 4 mastery
of the inversion do you like ice
cream? Inversion not used for all auxiliary
verbs, just formulaic expressions where I can
draw them?
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Stage 5 children combine both operations why can
he go out? Why he cant go out? Stage 6 question
structure is correct and well-established, the
hurdle is in embedded questions I dont know why
cant he go out.