1.1–1.8: Language, Grammar, and Language Science (Fill-in-the-Blank Flashcards)

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key concepts from Sections 1.1 through 1.8 of the lecture notes on language, grammar, and language science.

Linguistics is the scientific study of .

human language

The shared system that allows us to understand each other’s ideas through language is called the .

mental grammar

A language’s modality can be either vocalized (spoken) or .

signed

Sign and vocal languages share many properties in their .

grammars

The part of the grammar that links forms with meanings is the .

lexicon

For the majority of words, the link between form and meaning is .

arbitrary

Literacy is considered a part of the mental grammar.

secondary

The branch of the grammar that knows how words can be combined to make phrases and sentences is .

syntax

The branch of the grammar that studies meanings is .

semantics

One of the fundamental properties of grammar is , the ability to create an infinite number of sentences.

creativity

Languages are always changing; this change is called language .

change

The standard variety is tied to economic, social, or political .

power

Acceptability judgments are empirical observations about .

grammaticality

A corpus is a big database that collects examples of language as used in the .

world

Praat is a popular waveform editor used to analyze recordings.

audio

ELAN allows annotation of recordings.

video

SLP-Annotator enables phonetic annotations of video-recorded language.

sign

A neural imaging technique used to observe brain activity during language processing is .

fMRI

The practice that prioritizes vocal language over signed language is .

oralism

Residential schools aimed to assimilate Indigenous peoples, a process of linguistic and cultural .

assimilation

Linguistics can support Indigenous language reclamation by their languages.

revitalize

LLMs have no inherent .

semantics

Generative AI is described as not truly intelligent; the word is the most accurate part.

artificial