language Flashcards
1
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language
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- spoken, written, or signed words in combination
- used to transmit knowledge
- connects us
- more efficient than evolution in terms of knowledge gathering
2
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phonemes
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basic sound units
3
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morphemes
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smallest block of meaningful information that is not a word (ex. -ing)
4
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grammar
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syntax and semantics
5
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syntax
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- logically structuring our sentences
- structure holds meaning
6
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semantics
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- we apply meaning to our words
- ex. someone died: “how are you feeling?” -> semantic: “I care about you”
7
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receptive language
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- can receive language -> develops first (essentially from birth)
- 7 months -> can differentiate between phonemes
8
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productive language
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- produce language
- first words around 12 months
- sentences that make sense after 2 years
9
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broca’s area
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- speech production
- if damaged: can understand but can’t produce
- left hemisphere
10
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wernicke’s area
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- speech comprehension
- damage: speech coming out but is nonsense
- left hemisphere
11
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fluent aphasia
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- words come out easily
- receptive (wernicke’s aphasia)
- cannot comprehend language
12
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non-fluent aphasia
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- can’t speak or speech is very broken
- expressive (broca’s aphasia): have trouble expressing what they want to say
13
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alexia
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problems reading
14
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agraphia
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problems writing
15
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whorf’s linguistic determinism hypothesis
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- our thoughts shape our language
- language can also shape our thoughts
