week five vocab Flashcards
(24 cards)
language
socially shared rule governed tool using arbitrary symbols
generative
freshly created utterance
dynamic
changes over time
linguistic intuition
we don’t know why
3 building blocks of language
form
use
content
3 descriptions of form
phonology
morphology
syntax
phonology
sound system
morphology
structure of words
syntax
word order sentence of meaning that define a word
2 descriptors of content
semantics
semantic features
semantics
meaning of language
semantic features
pieces of meaning that define a word
types of language use
pragamatic
pragamatic
social rules and constructs of language
3 building blocks of speech
phonemes
syllables
prosody
prosody
pitch
loudness
duration
culture
set of beliefs and assumptions shared by a group
socialization
process of learning language and how to interact with others within your culture
acculturation
process of learning or adapting to different cultures
dialect
reflects a regional, social, cultural, or ethnic identity
accents
intonation
idiolect
speech patterns of an individual
cross linguistic approach
focuses on linguistic skills unique to each language
bilingual approach
treat aspects/skills common to both language first
