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labial consonant
consonant that makes the lips move
nasalization
when final consonant allows air to pass through nose and change sound of the vowel- “ran”
aspiration
breathing out when saying a consonant
assimilation
when sounds change due to neighboring sounds
diphthong
vowels combine to make a new sound- coin
elision
omitting a sound from a word- let’s
metathesis
mixing letters up in words when speaking
free vs bound morphemes
free stand alone vs bound- prefix and suffix
affix
prefix or suffix
transformational grammar
the deep structure of a sentence- even if the phrases are switched around the message is the same
interference
the rules of L1 interfere with the rules of L2 , grammar, pronunciation
language policy
steps countries take to ensure which languages are spoken
antecedent
a word that has been replaced by another word in a sentence- John ran; he was tired. John is the antecedent
relative pronoun
word (who, whoever, whom, whomever, that, which, when, where, whose) that introduces a dependent clause
interrogative pronouns
begin sentences to ask questions- who will attend?
demonstrative pronouns
These, that, this, those- This is a cup
indefinite pronouns
no count- anything, anyone, something, everyone
conjugation
changing a verb to match the pronoun- he is going vs they are going
active vs passive voice
Sentence begins with subject or object- Our father cooked a great meal vs A great meal was cooked by our father last night.
Transitive vs intransitive verb
transitive requires direct object and intransitive does not require direct object
comparative vs superlative
compares 2 things vs compare many things- er vs est
adjective clause vs adverb clauses
adj begins with who, what, whose, which and adv begins with whether, unless, because, once, since, before, as…
interjection
shows emotion- oh, good, wow! hey!
determiner
word before a noun that specifies the noun- the, a, these, our, much, ten
reflexive pronoun
ends in self or selves and refers back to noun- He knows himself
sensorimotor stage
Piaget, theory of cognitive dev 0-2, explore through senses and actions
preoperational
Piaget theory of cog dev, 2-7 , egocentric in their own worlds
concrete operational
Piaget theory of cog dev, 7-11, develop rational/logical thought
formal operational
Piaget theory of cog dev, 11+, abstract/hypothetical thinking in their heads instead of on paper
Skinner’s behaviorist theory
language learned by being rewarded for speech
audio-lingual method
(army method) reinforcement used through drills to get students to say things correctly
Krashen’s 5 hypothesis monitor model
natural order- preproduction/silent, early pro, speech emergence, intermediate fluency
monitor- fixing their own mistakes
input- must be comprehensible and just above current level
affective filter- comfortable environment is everything
acquisition- language should be acquired rather than learned
Chomsky’s Universal grammar
kids are born with brains wired for learning language
Chomsky’s poverty of stimulus
children do not learn everything they need to know about language (grammar) from their surroundings
underextension
child does not apply terms widely enough- only refers to family pet as dog, not other dogs
overextension
child refers to all animals as dogs
interlanguage
learner develops blend of 2 languages while learning L2