Language
Why is Language so Important?
Because society couldn’t function without language
What is the definition of Psycholinguistics? And what are its components?
An interdisciplinary field that examines how people use language to communicate ideas.
Components: Syntax, Grammar, Semantics, Pragmatics
Sentences are difficult to understand sometimes. Mention a few aspects that makes them like that.
When they are negative sentences, when the sentences have passive vs. active voice. Also when a sentence has a complex syntax or if they are ambiguous.
What is the official language of the US?
With so many languages in the US, there is no official language, some people think its English but it’s not.
Approximately how many languages are spoken in the world?
As many as 7000 spoken languages.
What is Syntax?
Grammatical rules that govern how we organize words into sentences.
If we are in a presence of a negative sentence, what will happened?
It will take us more time to process and interpret the message and we can make more mistakes while doing it.
What is the oldest written language in the world?
Sumerian is the oldest written language dating back to 3500 BC followed by Egyptian dating back to 3300BC. Old Chinese dates back to 1250BC
Is language our most social cognitive process?
True/False
True
What is Grammar?
Examines word structure (morphology) and sentence structure (syntax).
Affirmative statements produce fewer errors.
True/False
True
Which language is known as the love language around the world?
French is known in the world today as the love language. Not only because of the accent but France and is known to be a fine love destination.
1. Phoneme
2. Morpheme
3. Morphology
What is Semantics?
Examines meanings of words and sentences.
What is the definition of Neurolinguistics?
Discipline that examine how the brain processes language.
What is the most dominant language in the world?
While it’s not the most spoken language in the world, English is the most dominant. It’s well received and adopted in the world with many people finding it easy to learn and it’s an official language in many countries.
Defines the 3 basics of language.
•Phoneme = basic unit of spoken language
•Morpheme = basic unit of meaning
•Morphology = examines how we create words by combining morphemes
What is Pragmatics?
Knowledge about the rules that govern language.
–Involves social interactions: factors in listener.
What is the specific brain location related to language?
The neurological basis of language is very complicated, that is why we researchers have spend decades speculating what specific brain location is associated with language. There is a difficulty locating brain areas responsible for language because language involves multiple cognitive processes.
–Recognizing letters
–Eye movements
–Working memory to remember material
–Recalling material stored in long-term memory
–Mental imagery of material
–Semantic knowledge, schemas to interpret