Language Components
What are the 5 areas (domains) of language?
Syntax, Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Pragmatics
Which theorist proposed that socialization was the link between cognition and language?
Vygotsky
What is phonology?
the use and recognition of sound units in language
True or False:
All individuals process and formulate language in the exact same areas of the brain in the exact same way.
FALSE.
By what age should a child have begun using real, 1-word utterances?
~12 months/1 year old
Bloom & Lahey's Model of language separates language into which 3 sections?
FORM, CONTENT, & USE
This theorist proposed that language is innate and does not need to be learned.
Steven Pinker
What is morphology?
the smallest units of meaning in a language and how they are combined together to make and change meanings
Name the area of the brain that connects the right and left hemispheres with bundles of myelinated neve fibers.
Corpus Callosum
By what age should a child begin using 2+ word combinations?
Communication involves what 5 required elements?
This language acquisition model was proposed by Lois Bloom and focused on the semantic intent and word distribution.
Semantic/Cognitive Model
What is semantics?
vocabulary
Classically, this area of the brain is responsible for speech production.
Broca's area.
The illocutionary phase involves the child understanding that the sounds they are making have ___ on the environment around them.
EFFECT
The perception and comprehension of language is classified as _____ language.
RECEPTIVE
This theorist, under the Nativist theory, proposed that babies are hard-wired to learn language with a Language Acquisition Device.
What is syntax?
Grammar and word order
Classically, this area of the brain is responsible for language comprhension.
Wernicke's Area
The perlocutionary phase involves the child beginning to use ____ with their sound production to influence their environment.
INTENT
The expression and use of language is classified as ____ language.
EXPRESSIVE
This theorist proposed that language acquisition is behavioral, meaning it is learned via reinforcement and rewards.
B. F. Skinner
What is pragmatics?
the social use of language
Classically, 95% of right-handed individuals process language in the _________.
Left hemisphere of the brain.
The locutionary phase involves the child overlaying true forms of ____ with their already developed effect and intent.