Language Acquisition
This is the month where infants understand the difference between the sounds [ba] and [pa].
What is the first month?
These are groups of words that share similar meanings and can replace other words of a similar definition.
What are synonyms/synonymy?
"That short professor with the black glasses and hair" or "That Matrix guy" are examples of what type of pragmatic concept?
What are references?
This is the linguist and philosopher who created this series of lectures.
Who is J. L. Austin?
This is the linguist who authored this book.
Who is Gretchen McCulloch?
By this month, infants use gestures with their speech.
What is 12 months/a year?
These are words that have opposite meanings, and gradable, non-gradable, and reversives are its respective subcategories.
What are antonyms/antonymy?
Phases such as "You know what I'm sayin'," "You know," and "It's all good" is this type of pragmatic speech.
What is a pragmatic marker?
These are the number of parts that constitute as a proper speech act.
What is six?
Emojis originated from which country, and what was the emoji's original name?
What is Japan, and what is kaomoji?
In this kind of speech, older infants and young toddlers use two words to create a sentence. (What they actually mean can vary!)
What is holophrastic speech?
Words such as jam and jelly, or a concept such as book and novel, is what kind of semantic concept?
What is a prototype?
"Going to play Mario" is what kind of pragmatic speech?
What is an inference?
How to Do Things With Words falls under what specific linguistic subdiscipline?
What are pragmatics?
Before emojis, these were images that were designated to represent ideas/situations.
What are pictograms?
In this kind of acquisition, people learn another language by doing small activities with others to exchange information or solve problems.
What is task-based learning?
Words such as date, tie, and corner are what type of semantic concept?
What is polysemy?
In this kind of act, this occurs when a person threatens one's self-image.
What is a face-threatening act?
When a speech act is not completed or goes the wrong way, this specific word is used to designate this social wrongdoing.
What is an infelicity?
This was a computer command in which proto memes were made and composed with.
What are macros?
This kind of competence in language acquisition occurs when someone tries to use approximate words or phrases to say a word/phrase that is more advanced than their current vocabulary set.
(Hint: Think "horse tornado" = "merry go round.")
What is strategic competence?
Concepts such as tie/button down shirt or bird's nest/tree fall under what semantic concept?
What is metonymy?
In this kind of act, inquiries made in an indirect manner are used to mend social balances between two or more people.
What is a face-saving act?
DAILY DOUBLE!
List all "rules" that speech acts should go.
(A1, A2, B1, B2, G1, and G2)
A1: Needs a specific way to go about things in a certain way.
A2: People need to have set roles where they do the performative “correctly.”
B1: All participants need to do the thing correctly
B2: And completely
G1: Have sincere feelings/emotions behind the words spoken.
G2: All parties need to behave and act accordingly.
This is a type of expression when used frequently when greeting or conversing with others.
What are phatic expressions?