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Section 9

Thinking and Language

TermDefinition
concept mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, people, etc.
prototype an ideal model used as a prime example of a particular concept
algorithm set of steps that if followed correctly will eventually solve a problem by generating all possible solutions
heuristic strategy or simple rule that does not guarantee a solution to a problem but offers a likely shortcut to the solution
syntax system of grammatical rules in a language
semantics what words are supposed to mean in a language (dictionary definitions)
pragmatics common usage of words and phrases (slang, figures of speech)
language acquisition device Noam Chomsky- innate mechanism that enables a child to analyze language and extract the basic rules of grammar
receptive language understanding words
expressive language speaking words
fast mapping rapid informal vocabulary acquisition
syntactic bootstrapping rapid informal grammar acquisition
expansions adult responses that elaborate on child's simple speech to create full sentences
recasts adult responses that restructure child's speech into grammatically correct form
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