What is Language? Flashcards
1
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Symbolic
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Words are signs/symbols that stand for something
2
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Systematic
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Combination of words is rule governed
3
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Articulation
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Making/Producing sounds
4
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Fluency
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How smooth the speech is
5
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Voice
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The mechanism for speaking
6
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Semantics
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The study of the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences
7
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Pragmatics
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How language is used and in context- (eg politeness, taking turns, topic selection, conversational space
8
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Morphology
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Rules for combining units of meaning to make different units of meaning (eg root words, prefixes, suffixes)
9
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Syntax
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Set of rules/constraints for how units of language can be combined
10
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Phonology
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Sound structure in language (different sound of āsā on cats vs dogs)
