Definition of Language
What are the missing words in this sentence.
Language is a __________ __________ .
communication system
What is a unit of sound
phoneme
True or False?
Babies and children do not need formal instruction in order to learn their language.
True, Babies and children do not need formal instruction in order to learn their language.
Another way to say this is babies and children learn language in the absence of formal instruction.
Which age corresponds to the stage of language development where the child can discriminate between sounds of all human languages and begin to babble?
newborn to 1 year
Lexicon refers to the what in language.
words
What are the missing words in this sentence....
Language is a communication system that uses _______ and _______.
words and rules
What is the smallest unit of sound which has meaning?
morpheme
True or False?
Babies and children learn language through reinforcement from their familes.
False, Chomsky stated that methods for learning language are biologically determined. We are born with a biological predisposition to acquire a language.
Which age of a child corresponds to the stage where they are in a one word stage?
1 year to 18 months
Grammar refers to the ___________
rules
What are the missing words in this sentence.....
Language is a communication system that uses words and rules to ___________ __________
What term means how we understand the meaning of language?
semantics
True or False?
Humans are born with a natural ability to learn language.
True! Remember, Chomsky said that humas are born with a biological predisposition to acquire a language.
Which age of a child corresponds to the stage where they acquire more vocabulary, learn language rules, and overgeneralize language rules.
18 months and up
linguistic determinism
What term means sentence structure?
syntax