Theories of Language Development, The Brain & Language Worksheet

Language is a structure arising from existing interacting patterns in the human brain.
Also called Nativist, the generative approach assumes that children are able to acquire language because they are born with innate rules or principles related to structures of human languages
Linguistic theory that argues that children learn language from their environment one construction at a time versus rule learning.
Adult speech adapted for use when talking with young ­children.
Association area of the brain, located in the posterior portion of the ­temporal lobe, responsible for linguistic processing, ­especially word recall
Main transverse tract of neurons running between the two hemispheres of the brain.
Portion of the nervous system consisting of the brain and ­spinal cord.
Most anterior or forward portion of the frontal lobe of the brain.
Strings of unintelligible speech sounds with the intonational pattern of adult speech
Cognitive conceptual structures used for comparison with incoming sensory information