psycholinguistics

Question 1

psycholinguistics

Answer 1

study of language processing mechanisms of acquisition, storage, comprehension and production of language

Question 2

what does psycholinguistics help distinguish?

Answer 2

language and speech
language and thoughts
language and cognition (general intelligence)

Question 3

nativist theory

Answer 3

Chomsky
mind has more innate structure
Language is acquired

Question 4

empiricism theory

Answer 4

Skinner (behaviorism)
language is learned through interaction with environment
mind has less innate structure
language is learned not acquired

Question 5

Empiricism and Nativism

Answer 5

represent two ends of a continuum with newer theories falling somewhere in between

Question 6

special nature of language

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acquired in less than 6 years of life
infants and children master a system that no scientist fully understands

Question 7

acquiring language in less than 6 years of life

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basic perceptual skills set within first year
words and syntactic structure come in 2nd year
most complex and abstract aspect learned last

Question 8

language is

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one of the highest cognitive functions
can only be fully mastered by humans
we perceive and produce language, not true of other perceptual skills

Question 9

components of psycholinguistics

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language comprehension
language production
language acquisition
language deficit

Question 10

decoding

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recovering in the speech of others what is being conveyed

Question 11

language comprehension

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converting air pressure fluctuations into meaningful messages

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subsidiary processes in language comprehension

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selective attention to sounds, flexibility to variations
parsing speech into words, phrases and sentences
assigning and interpreting meaning

Question 13

Language Production

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converting meaningful messages into air pressure disturbances that others will understand

Question 14

encoding

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converting ideas into speech/language

Question 15

subsidiary process for language production

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conceptualize meaning
select and assemble words into phrases and sentences
articulate/breathe

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language acquisition

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developing the abilities to perceive and produce
learning to read and write are not automatic

Question 17

speech deficit

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delay in the ability to produce phonemes and combine them to utilize language fully
may be due to abnormal articulation, structural or functional issues

Question 18

language deficit

Answer 18

delay in phonological, morphological, syntactic, pragmatic development