______________ is the smallest unit in a language.(consonants and vowels sounds).._______________ is the smallest unit of language that has MEANING. (prefixes, suffixes, root words)
What is phonemes.......morphemes?
100
Language has to convey a message - Abstract some kind of concept out of the message
What is communicative?
100
studying the meaning of concepts
What is Semantics?
100
_________- area involved in speech production
_________- area involved in language comprehension (integrate sounds with sights and feelings)
What is broca's.....wernicke's?
100
this position on language learning was stimulus response.
-requires reinforcement -mostly imitation -Children simply repeat what they hear
-Assumes that errors should be rare.
What is Behavioral?
200
mental dictionary (collection of morphemes)
What is lexicon?
200
This offers a limited # of words and limited structure U can generalize INFINITE UTTERANCES (Grammar Structure)
-Understanding more than imitation
What is generative?
200
you separate words mentally after you've already heard them
What is categorical speech perception?
200
Damage to this area makes people not produce language/ communicative property gets messed up.
What is Broca's Area?
200
This position believes that humans are predisposed to language. Language is not just imitation
-language is communicative therefore goal oriented
-errors should be common and predictable with Language acquisition device?
What is cognitive?
300
grammar rules (typical order of words you have)
What is Syntax?
300
language themselves change/evolve. Ex: creating new words all the time and changing the meaning of old words.
-Incorporating culture into changes of language
What is dynamic?
300
Sensitivity to syllable properties. How likely is one sound at the beginning of the word versus at the end.
What is transitional probabilities?
300
You go through these two processes if you are less than five and have received brain damage. This helps rewire the brain to form new language areas.
What is neurogensis and synaptic plasticity?
300
This man created the Language Acquisition Device and believes we have a mechanism to soak up language.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
400
Type of structure that is (Subject-Verb-Object) SVO for sentences- ordering of the words but the underline meaning is still there.
What is surface structure?
400
word i use is completely arbitrarily (as long as you know the concept the word used doesn't matter.
What is arbitrarily symbolic?
400
practical use of language
- How it's used in social interaction
What is pragmatics?
400
____________- period is the optimal period to learn something
What is sensitive?
400
Stage of language learning that is the sensitive period and cooing occurs . This is when the infant is hearing phonemes in the home.
What is Perceptual Learning Phase?
500
Type of structure that stays the same if surface structure changes and still keeping same underline meaning
What is deep structure?
500
language must have syntax (grammar-rules to govern the way we communicate)
What is regularly structured?
500
____________ speech acts is where you command something; socially awkward Ex: open the door!
____________ speech acts tend to get us what we want without being told to; socially accepted because you receive what you want by dropping hints.
What is direct.....indirect?
500
______________ is overusing word or overusing the rule
______________ is under use the word or rule more about concepts.
What is Over regularization.......under regularization?
500
this stage includes the production of phonemes which is babbling- adding consonant sounds