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psych U7M36
thinking and language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| language | spoken/written/signed words and the ways we combine them to convey meaning |
| receptive language | the ability to understand what is being said to and about you. develops before productive language |
| babbling | (4mo) infant spontaneously utters sounds |
| one word/holophrases | (1yr) child speaks in single words (sounds carry meanings) |
| overextention | |
| overregularize | |
| two word/telegraphic speech | (2 yrs) chld speaks in 2 word statements using nouns and verbs, like a telegram |
| prosody | |
| according to Chomsky what do all languages share? | share the basic elements: nouns verbs, and adjs. all born with a built-in predisposition to learn grammar rules but not a specific language |
| what are the critical periods of language development? | age 2-3: exposure to language starting at this age produces a rush of lang age 7: having no exposure to a language gradually lose ability to become fluent |
| what areas of the brain are involved in language processing and speech? | Broca's area: muscle mvmts in speech (left frontal lobe) Wernicke's area: comprehension and expression (left temporal lobe) |
| define linguistic determinism | whorf's hypothesis that language determines (influences) the way we think |
| ex of linguistic determinism | the same personality tests taken in eng and chinese come out with the same ppl have diff results (eng=mostly +, chinese= +and - balanceout) |
| productive language | ability to speak |
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allyson.lee
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