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13 Cards in this Set
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Phonology
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The rules governing the structure and sequence of speech sounds
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Semantics
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The way underlying concepts are expressed in words and word combinations.
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Grammar
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Consists of syntax and morphology.
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Syntax
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The rules by which words are arranged into sentences
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Morphology
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The use of grammatical markers indicating number, tense, case, person, gender, active, or passive voice, and other meanings (the endings -s and -ed are examples of English)
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Pragmatics
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The rules for engaging in appropriate and effective communication.
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Nativist Theory
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Theory that regards language as a uniquely human accomplishment, etched into the structure of the brain. Focusing on grammar, Chomsky reasoned that the rules for sentence organization are too complex to be directly taught to or discovered by even a cognitively sophisticated young child.
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Language acquisition device
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or LAD. An innate system that permits them, once they have acquired sufficient vocabulary, to combine words into grammatically consistent, novel utterances and to understand the meaning of sentences they hear.
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Universal grammar
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A build-in storehouse of rules common to all human languages
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Broca's Area
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Located in the left frontal love, supports grammatical processing and language production
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Wernickle's area
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located in the left temporal lobe, plays a role in comprehending word meaning
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interactionist Perspective
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Recent ideas about language development emphasize interactions between inner capacities and environmental influences.
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Connectionist
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Information-processing theory that design computers to stimulate the multilayered networks of neural connections in the brain and program them with basic learning procedures. The artifical network is exposed to various types of language input and given feedback about the accuracy of its responses.
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