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| 8953520829 | Phonemes | the smallest distinctive unites of sound used in a language |  | 0 |
| 8953520830 | Morphemes | the smallest units of meaning in a language |  | 1 |
| 8953520831 | Grammar | the system of rules in a language that enable us to communicate with and understand others |  | 2 |
| 8953520832 | Semantics | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences (Ex. by adding "-ed" to the word "laugh" means that it happened in the past) |  | 3 |
| 8953520833 | Overregularization | occurs when children apply a grammatical rule too widely and therefore create incorrect forms (Ex. go'ed instead of went, or hitted the ball.) |  | 4 |
| 8953520834 | Syntax | the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences (Ex. adjectives come before nouns in english, "the white house") |  | 5 |
| 8953520835 | Receptive Language | the ability to understand language; we are able to understand language because of Wernicke's area in the brain |  | 6 |
| 8953520836 | Productive Language | the ability to produce language; we are able to speak because of Broca's area in the brain |  | 7 |
| 8953520837 | Babbling | universal noises made by babies around the age of 4 months |  | 8 |
| 8953520838 | Holophrase | one-word phrases babies make around the age of 12 months |  | 9 |
| 8953520839 | Telegraphic Speech | two-word phrases babies make around the age of 24 months |  | 10 |
| 8953520840 | Critical Period | if children are not exposed to language before a certain age, they will be unable to acquire language (we know this thanks to Noam Chomsky) |  | 11 |
| 8953520841 | Universal Grammar | all human languages have the same grammatical building blocks such as nouns, verbs, subjects, and objects (we know this thanks to Noam Chomsky) |  | 12 |
| 8953520842 | Language Acquisition Device | innate speech-enabling structures in the brain that allow us to learn language (we know this thanks to Noam Chomsky) |  | 13 |
| 8953520843 | Deep Structure | combining words to make meanings | 14 | |
| 8953520844 | Linguistic Determinism | the idea that thinking affects our language, which in turn affects our thoughts |  | 15 |
