Week 13 - Language Flashcards
Some researches are now studying the way people ordinarily speak, hear, read, and write in interconnected sentences. This form of research is called…
Pragmatics
The observation that we can create sentences that are frantically correct yet completely original would, according to Chomsky, reflect the…
Generativity of grammar
When someone talks about ‘reading between the lines’, they are referring to…
Pragmatics
What are the elements of language?
Phonemes, morphemes, phrases and sentences
A defining feature of language is…
The fact that language symbols are arbitrary
According to B.F skinner, language is learned…
As a result of careful application of rewards and punishments
Correct sequence of language learning is?
Babbling, one word sentences, telegraphic speech, grammatical speech
Telegraphic speech refers to…
Speech composed only of the most essential words for meaning
Chomsky called the innate set of neural structures for acquiring language the
Language acquisition device
The Pragmatics of language is concerned with…
The way language is used and understood in everyday life
The textbook suggests that people who are bilingual and multilingual …
Think differently depending on the language they are using
According to the whorfian hypothesis of linguistic relativity
Language shapes thought
Psychologists refer to a transcript of the conversation between two students as a
Discourse
Language is
Important as a medium for thought
