week 8 sign

Question 1

whole object constrain

Answer 1

• word refers to the object as a whole rather than its colour, texture, or parts

Question 2

basic level category

Answer 2

balance between high similarity among category members and high distinctiveness from members of other categories

Question 3

mutual exclusivity

Answer 3

new word refers to new object

Question 4

iconicity in language

Answer 4

resemblance between certain properties of linguistic/communicative form and properties of corresponding referents

Question 5

sound symbolism: reduplication

Answer 5

• indicates multiplicity/repetition
• ex in japanese: goro/gorogoro (one/many moving objects rolling)

Question 6

sound symbolism: low or back/high or front vowels

Answer 6

• indicated large/small size or intensity
• ex japaese: katakata/kotokoto (clattering/less noisy clattering)

Question 7

sound symbolism: consonant voicing

Answer 7

• indicates mass, weight
• ex japanese: koro/goro (light/heavy object rolling)

Question 8

factors affecting lexical decision times

Answer 8

• length
• frequency
• age of acquisition
• semantic priming (facilitation)
• neighbourhood density (greater the set of similar words, slower response)

Question 9

in relation to neighbourhood density and lexical decision times, which has more of an impact: competition or inhibition

Answer 9

competition

Question 10

word recognition is ___ and ___

a) Immediate and interactive
b) Immediate and personal
c) interactive and incremental
d) incremental and personal

Answer 10

c)

Question 11

define basic lexical categories: nouns, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and pronouns

Answer 11

• nouns: usually objects (cookie) or other entities (democracy) or individuals (enna)
• verbs: usually name actions (ex run) and states (ex is, has)
• prepositions: intro relations (ex with, on)
• conjunctions: intro relation between element of the sentence (ex and, but)
• pronouns: in place of nouns (ex she, that, I)

Question 12

NP

Answer 12

• noun phrase
• determiner + modifier + noun + modifier

Question 13

VP

Answer 13

• verb phrase
• modifier, verb + direct object + indirect object + modifier

Question 14

PP

Answer 14

• prepositional phrase
• preposition + NP

Question 15

complementizer

Answer 15

• ‘that’
• connects sentences

Question 16

modularity of mind

Answer 16

• encapsulating information process
• one way flow of information
• ex phoneme, word, syntax