9.3 Communicating With Others: The Development and Use of Language Flashcards

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phonemes

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  • the elementary sounds of our language
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morphemes

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  • the smallest units of meaning in a language
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syntax

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  • the set of grammatical rules that control how words are put together
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contextual information

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  • the elements of communication that are not part of the content of language but that help us understand its meaning
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Broca’s area

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  • an area in front of the left hemisphere near the motor cortex
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Wernicke’s area

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  • an area of the brain next to the auditory cortex
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aphasia

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  • a condition in which language functions are severely impaired
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babbling

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  • intentional vocalizations that lack specific meaning
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overextensions

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  • use a given word in a broader context than appropriate
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generativity

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  • the fact that speakers of a language can compose sentences to represent new ideas that they have never before been exposed to
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deep structure

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  • how the idea is represented in the fundamental universal grammar that is common to all languages
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surface structure

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  • how it is expressed in any one language
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bilingualism

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  • the ability to speak two languages
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linguistic relativity

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  • the idea that language and its structures influence and limit human thought
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