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| Is the study of language; "The science of human language." |
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| What is meant by "nature vs.nurture?" |
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| Are you the way you are because you are the product of biological development and survival of the fittest, or are you a product of what you have been taught by parents, teachers, etc? |
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| Through what behavior do most children learn language? |
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| What are the three basic models of language developments? |
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Behaviorist- focus on observable and measurable aspects of language. It emphasizes performance over competence.
Linguistic- assume that a language is composed of a finite number of "rules," shared by -
members of the language community, that account for the generation of an infinite number of comprehendible utterances. We learn most of our language through innate programming and our ability to detect patterns in what we hear
Interactionist- accepts the best arguments from each approach
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| What culture had the primary influence on the development of the English Language? |
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| What is meant by the term pruning? |
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| What are the seven components of language? |
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Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Orthography
Discourse
Pragmatics |
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| Name three higher order language skills. |
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| What is larger, comprehension vocabulary or expression vocabulary? |
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| What is a linguistic cognate? |
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| Words that have a common linguistic origin. |
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| The amount of words that one knows. Personal dictionary. |
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| How is a semantic web used? |
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- They demonstrate key concepts in a text and their connections with each other
- A key question that states the purpose of passage, web strands that answer the key question, supporting strands that provide details, facts, or other info., strand ties that show the relationship between strands
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| Is the smallest unit of meaning in words. |
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| How many morphemes are in the word dropped? |
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| What is a bound morpheme? |
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| A morpheme that cannot stand alone. |
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| What does a derivational morpheme do to a word? |
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| What is meant by the term MLU? |
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- It is the mean length of utterance
- Measures the length of utterance in terms of how many morphemes not words. |
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| Give an example of a passive sentence structure. |
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| "The window was broken by the boy with the golf ball." |
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| What is an over-regulation error? |
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| A child uses his/her basic knowledge of syntax rules to produce new utterances, nut errors are made that do not reflect adult speech. |
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| What are the four basic questions that we use to categorize the consonant sounds? |
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1.) Where does the sound exit?
2.) How is the air obstructed?
3.) What are the vocal cords doing?
4.) What forms the obstruction? |
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| What are the three main theories of syntax development? |
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- Descriptive Grammar (oral): we "describe" what people do when we hear them talk
- Prescriptive Grammar (Written): we apply very specific rules when we teach people how to improve their written expression
- Generative Grammar (Unique): there are many, many variations of each grammar rule in languages such as English- Now largely out of date
-Transformational Grammar: Words are moved or manipulated within sentences for specific reasons
- Functional Grammar: focused on form but driven by the communication function of a sentence - much more cognitive, interactive approach
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