Psycholinguistics

  1. Language Acquisition
    1. Pre-Linguistic Development
      1. Fetal Auditory Learning
        1. Prenatal Sound Discrimination
          1. Maternal Voice Recognition
          2. Infant Speech Perception
            1. Discrimination of Phonetic Contrasts
              1. Preference for Native Language Sounds
                1. Statistical Learning Abilities
                2. Categorical Perception of Phonemes
                  1. Voice Onset Time Distinctions
                    1. Perceptual Reorganization
                      1. Loss of Non-Native Contrasts
                      2. Babbling Stages
                        1. Canonical Babbling
                          1. Variegated Babbling
                            1. Onset of Prosody
                              1. Transition to First Words
                            2. Lexical Development
                              1. The First Words
                                1. Typical Age of Onset
                                  1. Common First Words
                                    1. Referential vs. Expressive Styles
                                    2. The Vocabulary Spurt
                                      1. Rapid Lexical Growth
                                        1. Individual Differences
                                          1. Naming Explosion
                                          2. Word Learning Mechanisms
                                            1. Fast Mapping
                                              1. Slow Mapping
                                                1. Cross-Situational Learning
                                                2. Constraints on Word Learning
                                                  1. Whole Object Assumption
                                                    1. Taxonomic Assumption
                                                      1. Mutual Exclusivity
                                                        1. Novel Name-Nameless Category Principle
                                                        2. Word Learning Errors
                                                          1. Overextension
                                                            1. Underextension
                                                              1. Developmental Changes
                                                            2. Phonological Development
                                                              1. Early Sound Production
                                                                1. Cooing and Gurgling
                                                                  1. Consonant and Vowel Development
                                                                  2. Phonological Processes
                                                                    1. Simplification Patterns
                                                                      1. Deletion Processes
                                                                        1. Substitution Processes
                                                                        2. Acquisition of Phonological Rules
                                                                          1. Allophonic Variation
                                                                            1. Morphophonological Alternations
                                                                          2. Syntactic and Morphological Development
                                                                            1. The One-Word Stage
                                                                              1. Holophrastic Speech
                                                                                1. Communicative Functions
                                                                                2. The Two-Word Stage
                                                                                  1. Telegraphic Speech
                                                                                    1. Early Syntax Patterns
                                                                                      1. Word Order Acquisition
                                                                                      2. Acquisition of Grammatical Morphemes
                                                                                        1. Brown's Morpheme Order
                                                                                          1. Overregularization Errors
                                                                                            1. Productivity in Morphology
                                                                                            2. Development of Complex Sentences
                                                                                              1. Embedding and Coordination
                                                                                                1. Relative Clauses
                                                                                                  1. Complement Clauses
                                                                                                    1. Question Formation
                                                                                                      1. Negation Development
                                                                                                    2. Pragmatic Development
                                                                                                      1. Speech Acts in Children
                                                                                                        1. Conversational Skills
                                                                                                          1. Understanding of Implicature
                                                                                                            1. Politeness Strategies
                                                                                                            2. Theories of Language Acquisition
                                                                                                              1. Nativist Theories
                                                                                                                1. Universal Grammar
                                                                                                                  1. Principles and Parameters
                                                                                                                    1. Language Acquisition Device
                                                                                                                    2. Poverty of the Stimulus Argument
                                                                                                                      1. Critical Period Hypothesis
                                                                                                                      2. Social Interactionist Theories
                                                                                                                        1. Role of Social Interaction
                                                                                                                          1. Child-Directed Speech
                                                                                                                            1. Joint Attention
                                                                                                                              1. Scaffolding
                                                                                                                              2. Usage-Based Theories
                                                                                                                                1. Frequency Effects
                                                                                                                                  1. Construction Grammar
                                                                                                                                    1. Item-Based Learning
                                                                                                                                      1. Generalization Processes
                                                                                                                                      2. Emergentist Theories
                                                                                                                                        1. Connectionist Models
                                                                                                                                          1. Statistical Learning
                                                                                                                                            1. Domain-General Mechanisms
                                                                                                                                            2. Cognitive Theories
                                                                                                                                              1. Piaget's Cognitive Prerequisites
                                                                                                                                                1. Conceptual Development
                                                                                                                                                  1. Mapping Problem

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