development: language Flashcards
three theories of language development:
learning
nativist
interactionist
11 Important Concepts in Language Development:
psycholinguistics speech language semantics syntax pragmatics phonology phoneme morphology morpheme dialect
three areas of the brain important to language:
Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, arcuate fasciculus
psycholinguistics:
study of language development
semantics:
study of word meaning
syntax:
proper use of grammar
pragmatics:
how language is used in the social context
phonology:
what language sounds like
phoneme:
smallest basic sound element of language
morphology:
governs the rules of word formation
morpheme:
smallest meaningful language unit
Broca’s area:
related to speech production
Wernicke’s area:
related to speech comprehension
arcuate fasciculus:
neural network connecting Broca’s area to Wernicke’s area
Milestones in Early Language Development: 3 months:
smiles when talked to
