15. Reading Flashcards
What does Chomsky focus on? (ccc reading)
The creativity of language
What is a sign? (ccc reading)
A gesture
What is speech? (ccc reading)
Phonemes
What is writing? (ccc reading)
Orthography
True language is what? (ccc reading)
Generative (communication system that can be combined to form new concepts)
Where is human speech processed? (ccc reading)
In the left hemisphere
What are phonemes? (ccc reading)
Sounds units of a particular language
What is a morpheme? (ccc reading)
The smallest unit with a meaning
What is syntax? (ccc reading)
The rule of sentence construction
What are semantics? (ccc reading)
The meanings of words and sentences
What are the 3 theories of how we recognise words? (ccc reading)
1) Direct access hypothesis
2) Phonologically mediated hypothesis
3) Dual route hypothesis
What is the direct access hypothesis? (ccc reading)
- Visual patterns
- Going straight from visual processing to meaning, without sounding out words
What is the phonologically mediated hypothesis? (ccc reading)
- Translation from print to sound
- We can decode complex words to make sense of them
What is the dual route hypothesis? (ccc reading)
Either direct access or phonologically mediated
What is the lexical route needed for? (ccc reading)
Reading non-words
