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| our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning |
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| in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit. bat=b,a,t |
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| the smallest unit in language that carries meaning. may be a word or a part of a word |
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a system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understnad others. two branches include:
semantics-the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphenes, words, and sentences in a given language
syntax-the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language |
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| beginning at about 4 months, the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utter various sounds at first unrelated to the household language |
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| the stage in speech development, from about age 1 to 2, during which a child speaks mostly in single words |
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| beginning at about age 2, the stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly two-word statements. want juice |
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| impairment of the ability to speak, hear, or understand language |
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| controls language and expression. an area of the frontal lobe usually in the left hemisphere that directs the muscle movements involved in speech |
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| controls language and perception. a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression, usually in the left temporal lobe |
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| the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations |
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| according to Spearman, a general intelligence factor underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test |
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