cognition: language

Question 1

phonomes

Answer 1

basic sounds- babies can produce all even if not home lang.

Question 2

morpheme

Answer 2

sounds that add meaning (s=plural, un=not)

Question 3

syntax

Answer 3

order of words in a sentence

Question 4

semantics

Answer 4

word meaning

Question 5

surface structure vs deep structure

Answer 5

surface: rules about language (grammar)
deep: context and structure

Question 6

child’s process for acquiring language

Answer 6

babbling-> first word -> two word stage -> telegraph speech (only nouns and verbs)

Question 7

overextension vs over-regularization/generalization

Answer 7

overextension: using a word for more than it typically means (all animals=cat)
overgeneralization: applying grammatical rules to all cases (runned)

Question 8

Chomsky’s Language Acquisition Device

Answer 8

Device in brains that allows for creation for language. Believed babies have innate ability to produce all sounds, but during their critical periods they only keep some of them.

Question 9

Behaviorist theory of language

Answer 9

Skinner believed language was learned through operant conditioning, and the reward was people understanding what you want

Question 10

Linguistic determinism

Answer 10

we can only think about what we talk about- our language affects our perceptions and thinking (spanish has gendered nouns, english does not)

Question 11

aphasia

Answer 11

impaired use of language