Spa340: Principles Of Language Acquisition And Development

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study of the sounds of language and their phsyical properties

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Phonetics

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analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect

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Phonology

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study of the structure of words

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Morphology

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study of the meaning in language

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Semantics

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study of the structure of sentences

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Syntax

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role of context in the interpretation of meaning

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Pragmatics

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study of language as it relates to society, including race, class, gender, and age

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Sociolinguistics

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study of language as it relates to culture, frequently associated with minority linguistic humans to learn language

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Ethnolinguistics

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study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enables humans to learn language

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Psycholinguistics

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some view every language as a dialect; politics view language as either a new entity or a dialect

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Historical and political influences on language acquisition

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variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area

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Dialect

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dialect supported by institutions, such as governments and schools

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Standard dialect

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study of the history and origin of words; key parts include:
language origin of the word
affixes, prefixes, suffixes
compound words
slang words that become common language
common words that become slang
portmanteau words, which are words that have been melded together, such as Ebonics
taboo words that become euphemisms

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Etymology