Describe psycholinguistics correct answers discipline devoted to understanding properties of human language and mechanisms responsible for language acquisition
Describe mental lexicon correct answers all words (symbols) that allow for communication and comprehension
- semantic memory
- each r...
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Describe psycholinguistics correct answers discipline devoted to understanding properties of
human language and mechanisms responsible for language acquisition
Describe mental lexicon correct answers all words (symbols) that allow for communication and
comprehension
- semantic memory
- each rep include NOT only meaning but also other info about the word
Describe Lexical access correct answers process by which a concept is activated within the
lexicon
Describe the feature of language: semanticity correct answers elements of language convey
meaning
Describe the feature of language: arbitrariness correct answers connections between linguistic
units and concepts or meanings referred to by those units entirely arbitrary
- ex: dog in English = woof; dog in Portuguese = ow ow
Describe the feature of language: displacement correct answers language allows us to talk about
times other than the immediate present
Describe the feature of language: prevarication correct answers ability that language allow us for
misinterpretation and deception
Describe the feature of language: reflectiveness correct answers ability that language allows us
for reflecting on language itself
Describe the feature of language: productivity correct answers infinite number of sentences can
be produced by applying rules of language
What are languistic universals? correct answers features and characteristics that are universally
true of all human languages
- kids acquire language easily
Describe phonology correct answers analysis of the sounds of language as they are articulated
and comprehend in speech
What are phonemes? correct answers basic sounds that compose a language
- smallest units of speech that have NO meaning
Describe morphology correct answers analysis of how we manipulate and change phonemes to
produce different words and word forms
What are morphemes? correct answers smallest units of language that have meaning
, - ex: un\happi\ness
What are free and bound morphemes? correct answers free: word morphemes; may stand alone
bound: prefix or suffix morphemes; need to accompany a free morpheme in order to have
meaning
How do we combine phonemes to produce morphemes? correct answers regular forms: system
of rules is implemented to make the necessary transformations
- changing word to past tense, plural, etc.
irregular forms: have an associative system whereby regular-irregular pairs are committed to
memory and used to retrieve each other
- semantic memories (knowledge concepts)
What is word frequency? correct answers finding that frequent words in the language are
processed more rapidly than infrequent words
What is lexical ambiguity? correct answers words or phrases that have more than one meaning
- ex: nail, pool
What is syntax? correct answers sentence structure (rules of grammar)
What are semantics? correct answers meaning of words and sentences
Describe transformational grammar (universal) correct answers Chomsky's theory of the
structure of language
- language is "hardwired"
- mechanism that allows the developing child to understand and produce language
What is pragmatics? correct answers social use of language
What are the 4 steps to language production? correct answers 1. conceptualization: decide what
we want to say
2. planning: organization of thoughts in terms of language
3. articulation: put linguistic plan in action
4. self-monitoring: keep track of what is being said and change it, if necessary
What is System 1 for Dual Process Views? correct answers NOT very controlled system to reach
conclusions
- unconscious, automatic, rapid, nonverbal, capacity free, shared with animals, evolutionary old,
emotional, instinctive
- ex: trying to eat healthy, so in between classes you don't think and just grab a salad at Grab &
Go
CONS: no guarantee you're making right choice
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