chapter 9 Flashcards
(38 cards)
Language
- communicating
- signals
- combination of rules
- meaning
Grammar
- set of rules
- combined to
- produce messages
Phoneme
- smallest unit of sound
- recognize as speech
Phonological rules
- phonemes combined to produce speech
- result accent when rule are violated
Morphemes
- smallest meaning units of language
- combined phonemes
Morphological rules
morphemes combined to form words
Syntactical rules
words combines to form phrases/sentences
deep structure
meaning of sentence
surface structure
how sentence is worded
Three characteristics of language development
child learn laugauge, make few errors, develop faster passive mastery
Liquid consonant
english 2: L and r
japanese 1: L
italian 3: L, R
4-6 months
infant babbles
10-12 months
first words/signs
24 months
two word speech
fast mapping
learning new word by contrasting it with familiar word
telegraphic speech
- words arranged to make senses
- nouns/verbs
Age 3
- complete simple sentences
ex: daddy ate
age 4-5
- language complete
es: daddy eat green beans
broca’s area
left frontal cortex; language production
wernicke’s area
left temporal cortex; language comprehension
aphasia
difficulty in producing/compehending language
concept
group shared features
family resemblance
members have feature that appear in a category but not everyone have it
prototype
best member of a category