language

Question 1

Phonology

Answer 1

sounds in a language

Question 2

Morphology

Answer 2

units that make up words

Question 3

Syntax

Answer 3

word order in sentences

Question 4

Semantics

Answer 4

meaning of words and sentences

Question 5

Pragmatics

Answer 5

using language appropriately in different contexts

Question 6

stages of language development

Answer 6

prelinguistic, meaning of words, grammar and pragmatics

Question 7

Prelinguistic Phase

Answer 7

about 2 months babbling, cooing

Question 8

The Origins of Communication

Answer 8

eye contact, imitation of tone and volume, @ 10 months they understand attentional focus provides information of what they are communicating about, joint attention

Question 9

Meaning of Words

Answer 9

at about 6 months, they being to understand words often their name Receptive Language

Question 10

when does spoken word being to emerge

Answer 10

around 12 months

Question 11

Underextention

Answer 11

when they apply words to narrowly

Question 12

Overextension

Answer 12

when they apply words too broadly

Question 13

Holophrases

Answer 13

child begins to pair gestures (e.g., pointing) with single words

Question 14

Telegraphic Speech

Answer 14

Early sentences which include verbs and nouns but generally lack prepositions

Question 15

Over-regularisations

Answer 15

children apply basic rules to irregular words:

Question 16

nativist perspective

Answer 16

innate, linked to brain development

Question 17

Constructivist perspective

Answer 17

social interaction, linked to cognitive development

Question 18

critical period

Answer 18

time when something must occur to ensure normal development

Question 19

sensitive period

Answer 19

time when a particular development is most likely but doesn’t have to occur at that time.

Question 20

linguistic determinism hypothesis

Answer 20

language shapes the nature of thought

Question 21

linguistic relativity

Answer 21

language influences the way we think and perceive

Question 22

brain regions involved in language processing

Answer 22

Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, parts of the medial temporal gyrus and the inferior parietal lobe

Question 23

Aphasia

Answer 23

a broad term that refers to a difficulty in either producing or comprehending language following neurological damage

Question 24

Broca’s aphasia

Answer 24

expressive aphasia

Question 25

Wernicke’s aphasia:

Answer 25

a condition in which patients can produce sentences, but they tend to be meaningless