Language components
What is phonemes?
Basic units of sound
What is the vocal activity of an infant of 2 months?
Cooing
Who is Benjamin Whorf?
Amateur American linguist.
What was the name of the first chimp that learned American Sign Language?
Koko.
How many phonemes does the English language contain?
40
At what age are children able to speak in full sentences?
Around 30 months of age.
What is Whorf’s hypothesis?
The language we use determines how we think and how we perceive reality.
At what age did Kanzi surprise his trainers?
2
What is formed when phonemes are combined?
Morphemes
Whose concept is the language acquisition device?
Noam Chomsky
What other names did the linguistic relativity hypothesis have?
Whorfian hypothesis and sapir-whorf hypothesis
At what age was Kanzi able to use about 200 different symbols?
6
Define syntax.
The rules of grammar that determine how words are ordered forming meaningful expressions.
What is the language acquisition device theory?
Children acquire language naturally.
Who is Eleanor Rosch?
American psychologist contradicted Whorf’s color perception example.
How many signs did Washoe learn from his trainers?
160
What are the three morphemes in the word pretested?
Pre - test - ed
How do children develop language?
By listening to people talking and imitating their words.
What was Eleanor Rosch and her colleagues theory?
That people can detect colors regardless of the language they choose to describe them
What was the color and the shape of the sign apple?
Color: purple
Shape: triangle