Feral children

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A feral child can be defined as a child raised by animals or with little or no involvement of humans
Children are born with a language acquisition device, a biological ability to understand the principles of language
New born babies could tell the difference between their mother tongue and an unfamiliar foreign language
Babies hear speech and respond in the womb
There is a critical period during which language learning is easiest and after which the capacity to learn language declines
Through operant conditioning and praise and correction, cooing and babbling is shaped into worcs
Genie was able to progress in language acquisition
The more a mother talks to her child the faster the child's vocabulary develops
Discuss the case of a girl named Oxana Malaya who was found aged eight having lived most of her life raised by dogs

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The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology (2015)
Fromkin et al (1974)
Mehler et al (1986)
Richards et al (1992)
Chomsky
Dombrowski et al (2011)
Skinner
Huttenlocher et al (1991)
Lenneberg (1967)