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Chapter Seven Flashcards

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Explain how nature and nurture influence language development

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How are reinforcement and modeling related to a child’s acquisition of language:

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Who is Chomsky?

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What is LAD?

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Born with a device that allows learning/understanding of language

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Universal Grammar

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A set of rules common to all languages

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What is the critical period hypothesis as it relates to language

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Don’t learn language by a certain age you cannot learn it

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Be familiar with the Genie study and what we discussed in class regarding the study

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She never learned to fully speak

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Phones

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Sound of language, combined to produce words/sentences

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Morphemes

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Smallest language unit with meaning completes words/adds information

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Semantics

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Rules that govern the meaning of words/sentences

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Grammar

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Rules that describe language structure

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Pragmatics

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Communicating effectively and appropriately

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Describe the milestones of language development

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Cooing: first attempt at language

Babbling: Meaningless sounds that expand with age, influenced by language

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Describe the milestones of language development

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Holophrase: One word that stands for a whole phrase; depends on context for interpretation

Telegraphic speech: Two-word combinations; excludes minor words

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Overextension

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Overgeneralize word’s meaning, labeling as same by characteristics

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Underextension

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Use words too restrictively rather than broadly

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What is overregulization? What does it show:

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*Speech errors

*Children treat irregular forms of words like regular words

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Fast mapping

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Learning new words by associating them with their meaning or comparison

Familiar word with an unfamiliar word

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How does being raised bilingually affect children’s language acquisition

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What are BICS and CALP? How long does it take for one to master them

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For full fluency, a second language must be acquired by ____________

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