Week 5 Language

Question 1

What are the 4 elements of language

Answer 1

1- Phonemes - smallest unit of sound in speech
2- Morphemes - combination of phonemes
3- Phrases - combo of words
4- Sentences - sequence of words to express a thought.

Question 2

What is surface structure

Answer 2

How words are ordered/arranged in a sentence

Question 3

What is deep structure

Answer 3

The subtext or underlying meaning of a sentence

Question 4

Describe the 1st year of language development

Answer 4

4 months- babble

9 months- reproduce sounds that occur in language the most + babble begins to sound like sentences.

Question 5

Describe the 2nd year of language development

Answer 5

One word stage
18 months- learning several new words a day
By 2- know 50-100 words and put together 2 at a time.

Question 6

Describe the 3rd+ years of language development

Answer 6

Begin using auxiliary verbs “Adam is going”
Use ‘wh’ words- what who why
Put together clauses to make sentences
5- most have gained most of the grammatical rules of their language.

Question 7

Describe linguistic determinism

Answer 7

Words guide thought.

We don’t think it if there isn’t a word for it.

Question 8

Describe thoughts shaping language

Answer 8

The more we think about concepts, the more likely we will generate a word to represent them.