3.5 Reading Quiz Flashcards
Language
our agreed-upon systems of spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning.
language acquisition device
something we are born with that allows us to learn any human language
Phenomes
in a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit.
Morphemes
in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix).
What is “th, a, and t”
Phenomes
What is “Read; er; s”
Morphemes
Grammar
language’s set of rules that enable people to communicate
semantics
Sounds
syntax
ordering words into sentences
universal grammar (UG)
humans’ innate predisposition to understand the principles and rules that govern grammar in all languages.
receptive language
Recognizing differences between “ee” and “eh” marks the beginning - their ability to understand what is said to and about them
productive language
babies abilities to produce words
babbling stage
the stage in speech development, beginning around 4 months, when an infant spontaneously utters various sounds that are not all related to the household language.
The one word stage
the stage in speech development, from about age 1 to 2, during which a child speaks mostly in single words.
two-word speech
beginning about age 2, the stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly in two-word statements.
telegraphic speech
the early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram — “go car” — using mostly nouns and verbs.
order of language development
babbling sounds
babbling resembles household language
one word speech
two word speech
rapid sentence development
aphasia
impairment of language
Broca’s aphasia
struggle to speak words, yet could still sing familiar songs and comprehend speech
Wernicke’s area
people could not understand others’ sentences and could speak only meaningless sentences.
