language Flashcards
language
our spoken, written, or gestured word, it is the way we communicate meaning to ourselves and others
language structure includes:
phonemes, morphemes, grammar, semantics, syntax
phonemes
the smallest distinctive sound unit in a spoken language
morphemes
the smallest unit that carrie’s meaning may be a word or part of a word
grammar
a system of rules in a language that enables us to communicate with and understand others
semantics
a set of rules from which we derive meaning from morphemes, words and sentences
syntax
the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences
babbling stage
beginning at 4 months the infant udders various sounds
one-word stage
beginning around 1 year old, the child starts to speak in one-word and makes family adults understand them
two-word stage (telegraphic speech)
before the 2nd year a child starts to speak in 2-word sentences
longer phrases
after telegraphic speech, children start uttering phrases with syntactical sense
how we learn language, ____ vs ____
Skinner vs Chomsky
Skinner
believes we learn speech through operant conditioning
Chomsky
believes we are born with the ability to speak within our brains
critical period
before the age of 1
