Unit 7 - Module 36 Flashcards
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Language
spoken, written, or signed words and ways we combine them to communicate meaning
Phenomes
smallest distinctive sound unit
Morphemes
smallest unit that carries meaning
Grammar
system of rules that enables communication and understanding
Semantics
deriving meaning from sounds
Syntax
ordering words into sentences
Receptive Language
understanding of what is said
Productive Language
producing words
Babbling Stage
4 months; infant utters various sounds unrelated to language
One Word Stage
1-2 years old; child speaks in single words
Two Word Stage
2 years old; child speaks in two word statements
Telegraphic Speech
speaks like a telegraph using mostly nouns and verbs
Critical Period
mastering/learning language is easiest before age 7
Broca’s Area
controls language expression; directs muscle movements involved in speech; in frontal lobe
Wernicke’s Area
controls language reception; involved in comprehension and expression; usually in left temporal lobe
Angular Gyrus
converts visual to auditory; voice in head when reading
Aphasia
impairment of language; usually caused by left hemisphere damage
Linguistic Determinism
Benjamin Lee Whorf’s hypothesis that language determines Thinking
Chomsky Language Acquisition Device
we are hard wired to learn language
