module 1 linguistics

Question 1

linguistic competence

Answer 1

expressive and receptive language skills in one’s native language and knowledge of linguistic code specific to AAC, such as line drawings and signs.

Question 2

linguistic performance

Answer 2

a speaker’s actual use of language in real situations; including grammatical errors and other non linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies.

Question 3

performance error

Answer 3

errors made by the learners when they are tired or hurried

Question 4

speech communication chain

Answer 4

The simple model of spoken communication that highlights the transformation of an intention in the mind.

Question 5

Speech communication chain steps

Answer 5

speech production, auditory feedback to the speaker, speech transmission and speech perception and understanding by the listener.

Question 6

Noise

Answer 6

The vibrations amongst users of language

Question 7

Lexicon

Answer 7

a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions

Question 8

mental grammar

Answer 8

the system that all speakers of a language have in their minds, which allows them to understand each othe

Question 9

Language Variation

Answer 9

The characteristic of language that there is more than one way of saying the same thing.

Question 10

Deceptive language

Answer 10

Confusing language is deliberately created complex and is used to downplay the truth or to evade responsibility.

Question 11

Evidence that writing and language are not the same

Answer 11

Language requires spoken and listening skills.
Language requires tone and pitch to get point across.
Writing requires writing and reading skills.
Writing is used as a way of recording language.

Question 12

Perspective Grammar

Answer 12

a set of norms or rules governing how a language should or should not be used

Question 13

Charles Hockett’s nine design features

Answer 13

-mode of communication
-Semanticity
-Pragmatic function
-Interchangeability
-Cultural Transmission
-Arbitrariness
-Discreteness
-Displacement
-Productivity

Question 14

mode of communication

Answer 14

interpersonal communication involving conversational speaking and listening or signed exchanges

Question 15

semanticity

Answer 15

the quality that a linguistic system has of being able to convey meanings, in particular by reference to the world of physical reality.

Question 16

pragmatic function

Answer 16

the use of appropriate communication in social situations

Question 17

interchangeability

Answer 17

the idea that humans can give and receive identical linguistic symbols

Question 18

cultural transmission

Answer 18

the process whereby a language is passed on from one generation to the next in a community

Question 19

arbitrainess

Answer 19

the meaning of linguistic signs is not predictable from its word form, nor is the word form dictated by its meaning/function

Question 20

convention

Answer 20

a principle or norm that has been adopted by a person or linguistic community about how to use, and therefore what the meaning is of, a specific term.

Question 21

non-arbitrariness

Answer 21

non subject to individual determination

Question 22

iconic

Answer 22

a relationship of resemblance or similarity between the two aspects of a sign: its form and its meaning.

Question 23

onomatopoeia

Answer 23

the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

Question 24

conventionalized

Answer 24

having become usual and generally accepted, or done in a way that is usual and generally accepted

Question 25

sound symbolism

Answer 25

the resemblance between sound and meaning.

Question 26

discreteness

Answer 26

the boundary between linguistic symbols is clear

Question 27

displacement

Answer 27

the capability of language to communicate about things that are not immediately present

Question 28

productivity

Answer 28

the degree to which speakers of a language use a particular grammatical process.

Question 29

modality

Answer 29

the ways language can express various relationships to reality or truth.

Question 30

myths about signed language

Answer 30

-Signed language is universal
-Deaf people can lip read
-Sign language is not a real language
-Signing hinders learning Speech

Question 31

differences between code and language