Definitions
The study of the sounds of human speech, including their physical properties and how they are produced and perceived.
What is phonetics/phonology?
The use of body language, gestures, and facial expressions to convey messages.
What is non-verbal communication?
The conscious process of learning a language, often involving formal education and study.
What is language learning?
Roughly, the number of languages there are in the world
The natural process of learning a language, typically occurring in early childhood
What is language acquisition?
The internalized system of rules and structures that govern the use of language
What is mental grammar?
The theory that there is a time frame in which language acquisition occurs most easily, typically before puberty.
What is three?
A major change in English pronunciation that occurred between 1400 and 1600
What is the Great Vowel shift?
The theory that proposes humans are born with the innate ability to acquire language
What is the nativist theory?
The theory that the structure of a language impacts someone's ways of thinking or cognition
What is the Sapir-Whorf theory?
The percentage of the world's languages that are in danger of going extinct
What is 40%
Located in the frontal lobe, responsible for language production and speech
What is the Broca's region?
Ways in which the meanings, usages, or forms of words in a language evolve over time. This can include new words being created, existing words changing their meanings, or even words falling out of use.
What are lexical changes?
Something from outside the language itself changes elements of the language like a cultural or political changes, technology changes, or even contact with another language or culture.
What is external change?
Half of the world speaks how many languages?
What is 20?
The actual use of language in concrete situations, which may include errors and hesitations.
What is linguistic performance?
Refers to the ability of speakers to create and understand an infinite number of sentences, including those that have never been spoken before.
What is productive grammar?
Which language has experienced full spoken extinction and revival?
What is Hebrew?
In place of phonetics, sign language uses ____
What are symbols?