Language Flashcards
Languages
Linguistic systems that people use to communicate
Phonetics
Study of the physical production and reception of speech sounds
phonology
Organizing of sounds into meaningful units
Morphology
the study of word formation
Syntax
How words are joined together to form phrases or sentences
Semantics
Literal meaning, definitions
Pragmatics
Non-literal meaning
EX) can I use the bathroom?
depends on context, body language
Behaviorism and the learning theory of language (skinner)
Language as learned behavior based on environmental input. its learned
Nativist theory
Teared apart Skinner’s theory. Language is born with/innate
Interactionist theory
Language is acquired during social interactions
Sapir-whorf Iinguistic relativity)
Grammatical categories and vocab influence thought
has to do with cognition
Linguistic determinism
Grammatical categories determine thought
Aphasia
An impaired ability to communicate
Wernicke’s area
Superior left temporal lobe. language comprehension
If damaged, can produce sentences, but cannot understand
Broca’s area
speech
If damages, cannot produce words, but can understand
