Module 6 Language

Language

Language

is the use of an organized means of combining words in order to communicate with those around us. It also makes it possible to think about things and processes we currently cannot see, hear, feel, touch, or smell.

Communication

exchange of thoughts and feelings is through language. ______encompasses other aspects nonverbal communication, such as gestures or facial expressions, can be used to embellish or to indicate.

Psycholinguistics

is the psychology of our language as it interacts with the human mind. It considers both production and comprehension of language

Chomsky theory of language

argues that human brain structures naturally allow for the capacity to learn and use languages. it believed that rules for language acquisition are innate (inborn) and strengthen naturally as humans grow and develop.

Phoneme

is the smallest unit of speech sound that can be used to distinguish one utterance in a given language from another

Phonetics

is the study of how to produce or combine speech sounds or to represent them with written symbols

Morpheme

the smallest unit of meaning within a particular language.

Semantics

is the study of meaning in a language fit the grammatical context.

Lexicon

is the entire set of morphemes in a given language or in a given person’s linguistic repertoire.

Syntax

refers to the way in which we put words together to form sentences. It plays a major role in our understanding of language.

Phonetic Refinement Theory

says that we start with an analysis of auditory sensations and shift to higher level processing.

TRACE model

According to this model, speech perception begins with three levels of feature detection: the level of acoustic features, the level of phonemes, and the level of words. According to this theory, speech perception is highly interactive.

The Word Superiority Effect

letters are read more easily when they are embedded in words than when they are presented either in isolation or with letters that do not form words.

Sentence Superiority Effect

the observed superior identification of a post cued word in a briefly presented sequence of words when the sequence is syntactically correct.

Neurolinguistics

is the discipline that examines how the brain processes language

Aphasia

is a language disorder that makes it hard for you to read, write, and say what you mean to say.

Broca aphasia

 is a non fluent aphasia in which the output of spontaneous speech is markedly diminished and there is a loss of normal grammatical structure. Specifically, small linking words, conjunctions, such as and, or, and but, and the use of prepositions are lost.

Wernicke's aphasia

or receptive aphasia is when someone is able to speak well and use long sentences, but what they say may not make sense. They may not know that what they're saying is wrong, so may get frustrated when people don't understand them.