Term
|
Definition
| discrete sounds, no meaning |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| smallest units of meaning |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| arrangements of words into sentences |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| inflections, accents. Infants are more able to hear differences in sound than in expression of sound. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| transformational grammar, deep and surface structure, LAD |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Whorff studied Hopi. Suggested that how words were used influenced a culture's perspective. Language shapes perspective. Used as an argument against sexist language. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Children develop hypotheses about syntax and then self-correct through experience. MLU |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| language development begins at the onset of active language. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| eubonics, unique grammatical structure |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| language leads to abstratc thinking, not the inverse |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| asked people to plot meanings of words. Showed that word connotations varied by culture, subculture. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| meaning in terms of context |
|
|
