Much Less Dramatic
diagnosis of exclusion - testing of cognitive abilities, then diagnosis of language inability
Specific Language Impairment

Children with SLI
function words are missing
incorrect pronoun usage
working memory lower - memorization while performing another task

William's Syndrome
extremely social and fluent
listining capabilities are hindered
iq of around 50 but have large vocab and severe phys problems
also a chromosome 7 mutation

Where is language is the brain?
fmri/pet - good at finding where in the brain something is happening, but with a time delay
erp/eeg - (opposite)
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Sign Language - 10/2

Nature part of language
emerges before necessary
cannot be rushed
direct teaching has little effect

Nurture part of language
rich verbal environment

innateness of lang
predisposed to expect language is structured

L1 acquisition
telegraphic speech - multiple word phrases
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Nicaraguan sign language - still all arbitrary

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