Language

Question 1

phonemes

Answer 1

discrete sounds that make up words but carry no meaning

Question 2

morphemes

Answer 2

smallest units of meaning in language e.g. boy, -ing

Question 3

syntax

Answer 3

arrangement of words into sentences

Question 4

grammer

Answer 4

interrelationship between syntax and morphemes

Question 5

prosody

Answer 5

tone inflections, accents, etc. that carry meaning

Question 6

Chomsky’s transformational grammar

Answer 6

difference between surface structure and deep structure in language - e.g. sentences can be structured differently but have the same meaning

Question 7

language acquisition device (LAD)

Answer 7

humans have an inborn ability to adopt generative grammar rules of a language

Question 8

overregularization

Answer 8

overapplication of grammar rules

Question 9

overextension

Answer 9

generalizing names for things

Question 10

telegraphic speech

Answer 10

speech without articles or extras (me go)

Question 11

holophrastic speech

Answer 11

one word to convey whole sentence

Question 12

Whorf

Answer 12

language influences culture’s perspective