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22 Cards in this Set
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A system for communicating with others using signals that are combined according to rules of grammar and convey meaning is...
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Language
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A set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages is...
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Grammar
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The smallest units of sound that are recognizable as speech rather than as random noise are...
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Phenomes
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What rules indicate how phonemes can be combined to produce speech sounds?
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Phonological rules (ts sound is an acceptable initial sound in german but not in english)
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The smallest MEANINGFUL units of language are...
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Morphemes
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What rules indicate how morphemes can be combined to form words?
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Morphological rules
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What rules indicate how words can be combined to form phrases and sentences?
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Syntactical rules
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The meaning of a sentence is...
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Deep structure
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How a sentence is worded is...
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Surface structure
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In what do children map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure?
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Fast mapping
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What sentences are devoid of function morphemes and consist mostly of content words?
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Fast mapping
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T/F: Observed shifts in early language development reflect specific characteristics of language learning rather than general limitations of cognitive development.
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True
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What theory holds that language development is best explained as an innate, biological capacity?
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The nativist theory
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A collection of processes that facilitate language learning is a...
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Language acquisition device
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A syndrome characterized by an inability to learn the grammatical structure of language despite having otherwise normal intelligence is...
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Genetic dysphasia
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Aphasia is....
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Difficulty in producing or comprehending language
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The linguistic relativity hypothesis maintains that language...
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Shapes the nature of thought
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A mental representation that groups shared features of related objects, events, etc. is called...
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Concept
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What theory says the people categorize things mentally by using features that appear to be characteristic of category members but may not be possessed by every member?
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Family resemblance theory
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The "best" or "most typical" member of a category is a...
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Prototype
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_ theory holds that we make category judgements by comparing a new instance with stored memories for other instances of the category.
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Exemplar theory
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An inability to recognize objects that belong to a particular category though the ability to recognize objects outside the category is undisturbed is a...
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Category-specific deficit
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