Lecture 4: Sign Language Acquisition | COGSCI 1 | UC Berkeley

Introduction to Cognitive Science (COGSCI 1B) Lecture 4: Sign Language Acquisition Introduction (0:00) Design features of language: Discreteness and combinatorial patterning (2:30) Gestures, home signs, and sign languages (11:05) Natural language systems and non-linguistic communication (20:38) Introduction to Senghas, Kita, and Ozyurek 2004 (23:45) Motion events: Manner and path of motion (28:10) Simultaneous vs sequential representation of motion in NSL (30:45) Three cohorts of participants: Oldest, middle, youngest (36:41) Results from Senghas, Kita, and Ozyurek 2004 (37:27) Conclusions from Senghas, Kita, and Ozyurek 2004 (46:30) Introduction to Senghas and Coppola 2001 (49:03) Representing shared reference with spatial modulations in NSL (50:20) Three cohorts of participants: Oldest, middle, youngest (55:18) Results from Senghas and Coppola 2001 (1:00:21) Conclusions from Senghas and Coppola 2001 (1:11:52) References Croom, A. M. (2021). A