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Language

Language. A means of communication. Language can be…. All languages contain…. Phonemes. Morphemes. The smallest unit of meaningful sound. Can be words like a or but . Can also be parts of words like prefixes or suffixes…”ed” at the end of a word means past tense.

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Language

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  1. Language A means of communication.

  2. Language can be…..

  3. All languages contain…. Phonemes Morphemes The smallest unit of meaningful sound. Can be words like a or but. Can also be parts of words like prefixes or suffixes…”ed” at the end of a word means past tense. • The smallest units of sound in a language. • English has about 44 phonemes. How many phonemes does platypus have?

  4. Grammar • The rules of a language. • Syntax: the order of words in a language. Is this the White House or the House White?

  5. Language Acquisition Stages that we learn language… • Babbling Stage • Holophrastic Stage (one word stage) • Telegraphic Speech Stage • After the telegraphic stage we get overgeneralization.

  6. How do we learn language?

  7. Social Learning Theory • B.F. Skinner from the Behaviorist School • Baby may imitate a parent. • If they are reinforced they keep saying the word. • If they are punished, they stop saying the word.

  8. Chomsky’s Theory(nativist theory) • We learn language too quickly for it to be through reinforcement and punishment. • Inborn universal language acquisition device

  9. Whorf’s Linguistic Relativity • The idea that language determines the way we think. • The Hopi tribe has no past tense in their language, so Whorf says they rarely think of the past.

  10. Do animals use language?

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