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30 Cards in this Set
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Language =
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- Socially shared code for representing concepts
- arbitrary symbols - rule-governed - complex and dynamic system |
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The 5 components of language:
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- semantics
- phonology - morphology - syntax - pragmatics |
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Which of the 5 components of language go under "form"?
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phonology, syntax, morphology
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Which of the 5 components of language go under "content"?
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semantics
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communication =
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process used to exchange info; requires sender and reciever
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Communication involves which 3 processes?
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encoding, transmitting, decoding
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Encoding =
Decoding = |
- giving something a label
- understanding label |
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communicative competence =
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Degree of success in communication measured by appropriateness & effectiveness of message
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5 factors that influence (ability/quality/content of) communication...for example, between 2 ppl:
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- memory
- planning - cultural beliefs - situation - social conventions |
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3 subcategories of extralinguistic:
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- paralinguistic
- metalinguistic - nonlinguistic |
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paralinguistic =
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Emotion or attitude that affects meaning of a message (stress, intonation, rate)
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metalinguistic =
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ability to talk and think about language (EX. to read and write); ability to percieve and judge how you're communicating
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nonlinguistics involve:
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nonverbals
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children understand rules of language well enough to perform them typically before what age?
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preschool
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displacement =
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ability to communicate beyond the immediate context.
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- Syntax =
- It gives info about ______. |
- the form or structure of a sentence
- gramatics |
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morphology =
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the internal organization of words
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The smallest meaningful unit (Ex. 's, dog, un-, -less) =
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morpheme
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derivational morpheme =
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morphemes that change word class (Ex. adding -ly to make an adverb)
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inflectional morphemes include: (4)
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- suffixes
- tense markers - plural markers - "-s" |
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phonology = rules governing _______, _______, and ________ of speech sounds and ______ of ________.
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- structure
- distribution - sequencing - shape of syllables. |
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semantics =
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meaning or context of words or combinations of words
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word knowledge =
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word and symbol definitions (verbal)
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Communication intentions & recognizing ways of carrying them out, falls under which aspect of language?
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pragmatics
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good pragmatics includes: (4)
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- turn taking
- repair strategies - topic maintenance - cooperation principle |
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4 aspects of the cooperation principle:
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- quantity
- quality - relation (emotional states) - manner (direct vs. vague) |
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The way you talk to a professor vs. how you talk to a friend is an example of:
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code switching
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Language rule system used by an identifiable group of people that varies from the ideal language standard =
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dialect
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dialect differences are based on: (6)
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- geography
- socoeconomic level - race & ethnicity - situation or context - peer group influences - 1st or 2nd language learning |
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extralinguistic vs. linguistic:
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linguistic :
- speaking & listening - writing & reading - signing extralinguistic: - paralinguistic - metalinguistic - nonlinguistic |