Language -AP Psyc Flashcards
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| 12306354941 | Phonemes | Smallest unit of sound | 0 | |
| 12306363093 | Morphemes | The smallest units of meaning in a language. | 1 | |
| 12306375389 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | 2 | |
| 12306383543 | Language Production | Speaking (or writing or signing) to others | 3 | |
| 12306396226 | Language Acquisition | The capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate | 4 | |
| 12306416245 | Overgeneralization | The process of extending the application of a rule to items that are excluded from it in the language norm. For example: when a child uses the regular past tense verb ending -ed of forms like I walked to produce forms like "I goed" or "I rided" | 5 | |
| 12306442101 | Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis | The theory that thought processes and concepts are controlled by language | 6 | |
| 12306451623 | Nativist Theory of Language Acquisition (Chomsky) | A theory that suggests we are born with something in our genes that allows us to learn language, proposes that there is a theoretical language acquisition device (LAD) in our brains that is responsible for learning a language the same way the hypothalamus is used to maintain body temperature | 7 |