Language

Question 1

Phonology

Answer 1

The actual sound of speech

Question 2

Morphology

Answer 2

refers to the building blocks of words

Question 3

Semantics

Answer 3

refers to the meaning of words

Question 4

Syntax

Answer 4

Refers to how words are put together to form sentences.

Question 5

Pragmatics

Answer 5

Refers to the changes in language delivery depending on context

Question 6

Nativist (biological) theory

Answer 6

advocates for the existence of some innate capacity for language. They believe in a critical period for language acquisition between 2 and puberty.

Question 7

Learning (behaviorist) theory

Answer 7

explained language acquisition by operant conditioning. Parents repeat and reinforce sounds that sound most like the language spoken by the parents.

Question 8

Social interactionist theory

Answer 8

language acquisition is driven by the child’s desire to communicate and behave in a social manner.

Question 9

Whorfian hypothesis

Answer 9

the way we think about the world is determined by the content of language.

Question 10

Conduction aphasia

Answer 10

damage to arcute fasciculus connecting Wernicke’s area and Broca’s area marked by inability to repeat words despite intact speech production and comprehension (W and B are fine).