Language
the language a person is able to comprehend, as in listening or reading
What is receptive language?
the smallest unit of sound
What is a phoneme?
smallest unit of meaning in language
What is a morpheme?
knowledge about sound-symbol relations in a language
What is phonological knowledge?
the pitch, loudness, tempo, and rhythm of speech
What is prosody?
language that a person is able to produce, as in speaking or writing
What is expressive language?
the ability to distinguish distinct speech sounds in language and deliberately manipulate them
What is phonemic awareness?
a morpheme that must be attached to a free morpheme (e.g., -ly in slowly)
What is a bound morpheme?
aspect of language knowledge that involves word meanings and vocabulary
What is semantic knowledge?
abstract cognitive structures stored in human memory to represent events, concepts, or relationships
What is schemata?
instances where a speaker assumes that a word follows a specific regular pattern or rule when it does not (e.g., go - goed, good - goodest)
What is overgeneralization?
knowledge of the different ways in which language is used in different settings for different purposes
What is pragmatic knowledge?
morpheme that is use alone as a word
What is a free morpheme?
knowledge of how words can be combined in meaningful ways
What is syntactic knowledge?
how language is used in relation to one's gender
What is genderlect?
necessary to function successfully in a society and culture (and subculture)
What are communicative competencies?
the study of the essential nature of speech disorders, especially their causes and remediation
What is pathology?
bound morphemes that may change the way a word is used in an utterance or sentence (e.g., happy - happiness; construct - construction)
What is a derivational morpheme?
knowledge of word structure
What is morphemic knowledge?
varied ways language is used for specific purposes or functions
What is registers?
involves verbally reflecting on one's language concepts
What is metalinguistic verbalization?
the SPL and classroom teachers must form this type of relationship for effective instruction and intervention for students who have speech - language disorders
What is a partnership?
a bound morpheme that changes a word to correspond to syntactic rules
What is an inflectional morpheme?
conscious knowledge of how language can be manipulated
What is metalinguistic knowledge?
variation of a language that is characteristic of a particular social or geographical group
What is dialect?