Discourse
A word, sign, or sound that is commonly used to hold the floor while conversing
What is a filled pause
The idea that there is a specific time when children can acquire language
What is a critical period
The theory that separates languages into super- and sub- languages
What is stratum theory
The study of language variation within specific areas
What is dialectology
Gestures that hold specific cultural meanings and are not spontaneous
What are emblems
The stereotypical actions associated with a certain concept
What is a script
The part of the brain responsible for the interpretation of language input
What is Wernicke's Area
The language use of an individual
What is an idiolect
The theory that languages are connected via some cognate connection
What is the language family theory or language genealogy
An American university with curriculum specifically designed for deaf and/or hard of hearing students
Gallaudet University
A phrase such as "How are you?" or "Are you alright?"
What are phatic expressions
The phase in which children only produce one word at a time
What is the holophrase phase
What language users are aiming for when they may reduce words or phrases
What is efficiency
The line that separates two regions that have some dialectal difference
What is an isogloss
The four types of gesticulation: beat, _____, iconic, and metaphoric
What is deictic
The ties that connect language together
What are cohesive ties
The theory that there are certain parts of the brain associated directly with language
What is the localization view
When two languages coexist in use where neither is in a strata relationship
What is societal multilingualism
A word or sign that is similar among two related languages
What are cognates
Handshape, location, movement, palm-orientation, and non-manual markers
What are the parameters/phonetic parts of signed languages
What generalizations such as "a chair, some tables, a desk" might belong to
What is a schema
The idea that makes humans unique because they can reflect on their language use
What is reflexivity
A language that is birthed out of necessary contact of two individuals who don't use the same language
What is a pidgin
The span of idiolect to dialect to language
What is the dialect continuum
A type of gesture other than gesticulation, emblems, or signs
What are language-like gestures or pantomimes