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11 Cards in this Set
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Mental representation
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take a variety of forms, including images, ideas, concepts, and principles
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language
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consists of a system of symbols and rules for combining these symbols in ways that can generate an infinite number of possible messages or meanings
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displacement
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refers to the fact that past, future, and imaginary events and object that are not physically present can be symbollically represented and communicated through the medium of language.
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surface structure
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consists of the way symbols are combined within a given language
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syntax
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(rules of grammar)
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deep structure
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refers to the underlying meaning of the combined symbols.
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semantics
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the rules for connecting the symbols to what they represent
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phonemes
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the smallest units of sound that are recognized as separate in a given language
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morphemes
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the smallest units of meaning in a language
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language acquisition device (LAD)
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an innate biological mechanism that contains general grammatical rules (which *he terms "universal grammar") common to all languages. *Noal Chomsky
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aphasia
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a disruption in speech comprehension and production
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