Language And Communication

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speech

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neuromuscular act of producing sounds that are used in language

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functions of language

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1. vehicle for interpersonal communication
2. vehicle for thought processes
3. transmission of culture

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aspects of language

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•communicative
•shared by group of people
•composed of arbitrary symbols
•generative
•creative

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dialect

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variation of language that shares elements and vocab but differs

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elements of language

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•inner
•receptive
•expressive

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communication

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process participants use to exchange information, ideas, needs, etc

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elements of communication

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1. sender
2. receiver
3. shared intent
4. shared means of communication

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language disorders

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impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken/written language

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types of language disorders

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form
content
function

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types of speech disorders

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articulation
orofacial myofunctional disorders
voice
fluency
apraxia

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articulation disorders

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substitution
disorder of phoneme
omission of phoneme
addition of phoneme

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voice disorders

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hypernasality
high pitch
volume

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fluency disorders

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stuttering
cluttering- fast, unrhythmic, etc

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phonolgy

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study of the sound system of language

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phoneme

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smallest linguistic unit of sound that has meaning, about 40-45 in english

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morphology

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study of the forms of words

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morpheme

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smallest unit of meaning in a language

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types of morphemes

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free and bound

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derivational morphemes

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change the class of word (i.e. from adj. to noun
can be prefix of suffix

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inflectional morphemes

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suffixes only
change the state or increase precision- tense or plural markers

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syntax

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study of the rules that govern how words are put together to make phrases and sentences

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conjunction

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links words, phrases or clauses

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coordinating and correlative conjunctions

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links things of equal importance

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subordinating conjunction

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links subordinate clauses to main clauses

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interjections

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express feeling or command attention

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clause

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group of related words that contain a subject and predicate

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semantics

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study of the meaning of words

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fundamental features

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aspects of meaning that characterize the word

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selection restriction

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rules governing which words can appear together

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transformational grammar theory

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chomsky
surface structure
deep structure

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pragmatics

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study of the use of language

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direct vs. indirect speech act

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does syntactic form match the communicative intent? (open the window)

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speech production structures

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respiration- diaphragm
phonation-larynx
resonation-tone shapers
articulation
brain

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Jean Piaget

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cognitive development precedes language development
object permanence

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Chomsky

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LAD
comprehension and language development occur before cognitive development

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Vygotsky

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language and cognition are separate and independent systems

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Behavioral Model

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skinner
language is learned like all behaviors
chaining
reinforcement

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semantic-cognitive model

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meaning precedes syntax
bloom
boy= male+ young

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psycholinguistic model (syntactic)

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LAD
Chomsky
children born with a mental plan
stress form and underlying mental processes
nativist

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pragmatics-interactionist model

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learn language in order to socialize and direct behavior of others
function of language emphasized
scaffolding
environment and exposure

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information processing model

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role of learning
how learning takes place

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sociolinguistic theory

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focuses on the communication unit required to convey info
function over form

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illocution

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speaker having an intention to communicate

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locution

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speaker expressing intention

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perlocution

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listener interpreting the speaker's intended utterance

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components of pragmatic development

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1. elaboration of communicative functions
2. development of conversation skills
3. development of narratives

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sentence development

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1. one-word period
2. two-word period
3. preschool years and beyond-common semantic relationships

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MLU

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Brown
mean length of utterance