Definitions
This is a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used in various modes for thought and communication.
What is Language?
The number of domains of language
What is three?
The name and a short description of the first area of language
The name for how a child develops their language at a remarkable pace.
What is acquisition rate?
Dialects, bilingualisms, gender, genetic predisposition, and language-learning environment all fall under this umbrella term.
What are language differences?
This is the smallest unit of language that carries meaning.
What is a morpheme?
The name for the second domain of language and a one word description.
What is content? What is meaning?
The name and a short description of the second area of language
What is morphology? What are the rules of language governing the internal organization of words?
This suggests that all persons around the world apply the same cognitive thought to the task of learning a language.
What is universality?
Brain injuries, heritable language impairment, and developmental disabilities are all examples of this
What are language disorders?
This is important in schools to help understand the breakdown of a child's speech.
What is the model of communication?
The name for the third domain of language and a one word description.
What is use? What is social purpose?
The name and a short description of the third area of language
What is syntax? What are the rules of language that govern the organization of sentences?
The word used to describe why nonhumans communicate but don't have language
What is species specificity?
This term refers to the translation of one type of information into another type of information
What is code?
This is the smallest unit of sound that can signal a difference in meaning..
What is a phoneme?
The name for the first domain of language and a one word description.
What is form? What is organization?
The name and a short description of the fourth area of language
What is semantics? What are the rules of language governing the meaning of words?
The name for one of the two words that explains why we can represents thoughts and ideas that are decontextualized and/or that happened before this moment
What is semanticity? What is displacement?
Name two of the four muscle systems involved in speech production.
What is respiration, phonation, resonation, and articulation?
This is the abstract representation of speech that occurs before it is produced.
What is the perceptual target?
The name of the domain that is dynamic
What is content?
The name and a short description of the fifth area of language
What is pragmatics? What are the rules of language that governs the use of language in social communication?
The word the describes the principle of combination.
What is productivity?
Explain what makes the English language dynamic. Provide one example.
English is an active and an ever changing language. Some English words from 200 years ago have changed meanings or been entirely phased out. New words are also being made such as "Selfie" "yolo" "dope" and so on and so forth.