Language
a system of conventional spoken and written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with one another
Morphemes
are the smallest unit of a language that carry meaning they are combined to create words
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Language - answer a system of conventional spoken and written symbols
used by people in a shared culture to communicate with one another
Morphemes - answer are the smallest unit of a language that carry
meaning they are combined to create words
Referent - answer the aspect of the world to which a word refers
Example of Referent - answer the specific feeling to which the words
happy refers to
Modularity - answer A cognitive science theory about how the human mind
is organized within the brain structures. It contends that the human brain
contains a set of highly specific modules - or regions developed to process
specific type of information
Modules - answer Regions of the brain development to process specific
types of information
Domain Specific - answer Dedicated solely to a certain task. In the context
of language development. Domain specific language processes are
dedicated solely to the tasks of comprehending and producing language.
Contrast domain general
, Inner Language - answer Thoughts and ideas that an individual keeps to
him or herself after they are formulated. Contrast written language
Written Language - answer Thoughts and ideas that an individual writes
down after they are formulated. Contrast to inner language.
Speech - answer The neuromuscular process by which humans turn
language into a sounds signal that is transmitted through the air to a
receiver
Articulation - answer Manipulation of a breath of air by the oral articulator
includes the jaw, tongue, teeth, and jaw so that it comes out as a series of
speech sounds that are combined into words, phrases, and sentecnes
Resonation - answer the phase of speech that occurs after a breath of air
has been respired and phonated when the air travels into and vibrates
within the oral and nasal cavities
Respiration - answer The act of inspiring a breath of air into the lungs,
expiring it from the lungs and allowing it to travel up through the trachea
or windpipe before it is phonated.
Phonation - answer When a breath of air that has been respirated has
travels over the vocal cores.
audition - answer The perception of sound including general auditory
perception and speech perception.
Acoustics - answer study of sounds
Coarticulation - answer The overlapping phonemes during human speech
Linguistic feedback - answer the use of speech or vocalization to relay
information to the sender about his or her message
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