CLPS 0020- Lectures - Language Flashcards

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What is the difference in language acquisition in rich vs sparse environments?

A

Everyone still acquires language!

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Is there a critical period for language learning?

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Yup.

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3
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What constitutes a grammar?

A

sound structure, lexical structure, syntax, and meaning

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What are structures, in language?

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systematic pattersn used by the language

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What is the phonemic restoration effect?

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filling in sounds when they’re obstructed by other sounds

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What is the verbal transformation effect?

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when what you’re hearing can be heard another way based on context: “farewellfarewellfarewell”

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Why do words sound funny with repetition?

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neurons are satiated, no recovery period, so lose meaning for a while

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What effect: filling in missing information based on our expectations

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phonemic restoration effect

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9
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What effect: same acoustic input gives rise to different linguistic percept

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verbal transformation effect

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10
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What do slips of the tongue suggest about language cognition?

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Helps us identify what the features of language are

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What happens when grammatical particles move, order-wise?

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They stay in the same relative position, so for example prefixes will always come before the word

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12
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Are words and syntactic roles processed separately or together?

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Separately: I can’t stand him vs He can’t stand me

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13
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Which comes first, movement of the item or correct sound structure?

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Movement of the item

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14
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What is phonology?

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the study of the sound structure of language

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15
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Is there a finite inventory or sounds?

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Yes

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16
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what is a phoneme?

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the minimum unit of sound-meaning contrast: the smallest sound unit that can distinguish meaning: NOT spelling

17
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Give an example of an illusory conjunction in language.

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“bana” turns into “mada” because switching from stop-labial and nasal-alveolar to nasal-labial and stop-alveolar

18
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Are the spaces in between words also apparent in the sound stream?

A

Nope: there is an overlap in production between neighboring sounds

19
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When a sound change occurs in a langauge, does it occur only for the word, or for the words in the lexicon of the language?

A

Words in the lexicon: octo nocte vs ocho noche

20
Q

Does the object constancy problem exist in phonology?

A

YES: different vocal tracts, accents, dynamics, etc.

21
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What is the lexical effect?

A

preference to percieve words

22
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What effect: preference to perceive words

A

lexical effect

23
Q

Give some examples of top-down processing in language cognition.

A

Lexical effect; sentence meaning (goat vs coat)

24
Q

What are morphemes?

A

the smallist unit for form (sounds) that have meaning: NOT words

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Give some examples of morphemes
farm, er, s, etc.
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What are the two ways that multiple meanings may be distinguished?
serially and parallelly..... lol.
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What is serial processing of multiple meanings?
one meaning is accessed at a time and we start with the preferred meaning and adjust accordingly
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What is parallel processing of multiple meanings?
both meanings are activated automatically and context allows the system to select the appropriate meaning