Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What do we say that language is arbitrary? |
Because their is no necessary or natural relationship between the words of a given language & the concepts they represent. |
|
|
Why do we say that language is creative? |
Because one can produce & understand new sentences never spoken before. No dictionary can list all the possible sentences, because that number is infinite. |
|
|
Why do we say that language is ambiguous? |
Because it could mean two different things, making it unclear. Lexical ambiguity= "note"= musical note or a short written record Structural ambiguity= "Mary had a little lamb." With mint sauce? |
|
|
What is displacement when we talk about language? |
The capacity to talk (or sign) messages that are unrelated to here and now. Referring to past & future. |
|
|
How do children learn language? |
Imitation, correction, reinforcement, analogy, structured input. & innateness hypothesis |
|
|
What is the universal grammar theory? |
Blueprint for language: hard-wired into brain; children will always develop language w/ certian properties |
|
|
What are the different stages of language acquisition that children go through? |
Cooing 3mths, babbling 7mths, one-word 12-18mths, two-words |
|
|
Bilingual children & language acquisition |
Learn vocabulary at the same or slower rate than monolingual but they learn in two languages |
|
|
Define a noun |
Person, place, things, or ideas |
|
|
Define a verb |
Describes an action, state or occurrence; forms main part of predicate of a sentence: become, happen |
|
|
Define a pronoun |
Can function by itself as a noun phrase; also: I, you, me or she, it this |
|
|
Define an adjective |
Modifies & describes nouns |
|
|
Define an adverb |
Modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb; expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner; tells when, where, how, in what manner, or to what extent |
|
|
Define a noun phrase |
Includes a noun--person, place, thing or idea--& the modifiers which distinguish it |
|
|
Define a verb phrase |
Verb & direct or indirect object |
