language

language is regular :: language follows rules of grammar and syntax

language is arbitrary :: words dont have a reason why represent the meaning

language is productive :: there are limitless ways to use language

sapir-whorf hypothesis :: language affects how we precieve the world;

morphemes :: the smallest unit of sounds that contain information; can be combined to create words

phonemes :: the smallest unit of sounds in a word

syntax :: the rules that govern how words in a sentence are put together

semantics :: the meaning of each word

babbling :: sounds using combo of vowels and consonants; combinations slowily become real words

language explosion :: 1.5 to 6 years old

difficulty :: when a person is not familiar with a language they are likely to have _______ segmating between the words

positive :: early speech segmentation skills showed a strong ______ correlation with expressive vocabulary later in life

pragmatics :: the udnerstanding + use of appropriate communication

overextension :: errors that involve using a fairly specific word for a broader set of related items

underexterion :: where a general term is used for only a very particular instance of an item

overrgularizations :: syntactic errors that involve using a grammatical rule too broadly

holophrastic phase :: when a child uses a single word to indicate the meaning of an entire sentence

transparent orthographies :: consistent letter-tosound-correspondence, so that a given letter will always make the same sound