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bilingual |
ability to use two languages about equally well |
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Broca's aphasia |
condition characterized by inarticulate speech and by difficulties with both using and understanding grammatical devices - prepositions, conjunctions, word endings, complex sentence structures and so forth. |
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fixation |
1. In vision, a period when the eyes are steady 2. In Freud's theory, a persistent preoccupation with an immature psycho-sexual interest, as a result of frustration at that stage of psycho-sexual development. |
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language acquisition device |
built-in mechanism for acquiring language |
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morpheme |
linguistic unit of meaning |
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phoneme |
unit of sound in speech |
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productivity |
ability to express new ideas |
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saccede |
quick jump in the focus of the eyes from one point to another |
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transformational grammar |
system for converting a deep structure of a language into a surface structure |
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Wernicke's aphasia |
condition marked by difficulty recalling the names of objects and impaired comprehension of language |
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Williams syndrome |
genetic condition characterized by mental retardation in most regards but skillful use in language |
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word-superiority effect |
Identifying a letter with greater ease when it is part of a whole word than when it is presented by iteself |
