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GRE Psy - Language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Phonology | study of speech sounds |
| phonemes | the basic units of sound in language |
| morphemes | The smallest units of meaning in a language. |
| words | a symbol that stands for the object or concept that it names |
| propositions | a unit of meaning that is made up of concepts and expresses a single idea |
| subject | who or what the sentence is about |
| predicate | tells what the subject is or does |
| phrases | a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit |
| sentence | A group of words that expresses a complete thought |
| parsing | mental grouping of words in a sentence into phrases |
| constituents | a linguistic unit that is a component of a larger and more complex unit |
| ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language |
| garden path sentences | sentences that begin by appearing to mean one thing |
| on-line measurement | |
| off-line measurement | |
| reinforcement | any event that strengthens the behavior it follows |
| inborn competence | |
| prelinguistic | vocalizations made by the infant before the use of language |
| linguistic | pertaining to language |
| motherese | infant-directed speech |
| comprehension | the action or capability of understanding something |
| production | The process of creating words and ideas |
| whorfian hypothesis | the language we learn influences how we think |
| Thought determines language hypothesis | |
| modularity position | language is independent from other cognitive systems |
| unique human ability | thinking |
| animal language | Animals communicate with sound and physical movement |
| language production | the structured and conventional expression of thoughts through words |
| Broca's area | controls language expression |
| language comprehension | understanding what others say (or sign or write) |
| Wernicke's area | controls language reception |
| Skinner & Mowrer | associated with reinforcement |
| Chomsky (language acquisition) | associated with inborn competence |
| Whorf | associated with Whorfian hypothesis |
| Brown | associated with thought determines language hypothesis |
| Fodor | associated with modularity position |
| Chomsky (language in nonhuman species) | associated with unique human ability |
| Gardner & Rumbaugh | associated with animal language |
| Broca | associated with language production/aphasia |
| Wernicke | associated with language comprehension/aphasia |
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