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Psycholinguistics
Ch 4, 5, 6
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Undergraduate 2
03/22/2010

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meanings are comprised of smaller units
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features
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any given language includes some words that don't depend on meaning for their existence and some meanings for which there are no single words
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translation argument
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a given language can have many meanings for a specific word and many different words for a given meaning
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imperfect mapping
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a word meaning can change in different context
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elasticity
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Words that sound alike but have different meanings
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homophones
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smallest form in which a word is stored in the mental lexicon
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word primitives
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efficient use of cognitive resources
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cognitive economy
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significantly alter the root morphemes to which they are added
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derivational morphemes
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don't significantly alter the root morphemes to which they are added (-s or -es)
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inflectional morphemes
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meaning is not a combo of 2 words (butterfly)
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semantically opaque
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words are easily discernible from their constituent parts
*usually processed as separate morphemes*
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semantically transparent
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basic content words in the language expressed as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
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open-class
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are function words that traditionally provide the architecture for sent. but bear no content
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close-class words
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Smallest form of the word stored
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word primitive
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