FRHD 2040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Language Acquisition Device, Operant Conditioning, Dramatization
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A system of communication used by humans, orally or by sign, can be extended to written form. Social groups agree to use a particular combo of sounds to they represent (i. e. buzz) Phonology: system of sounds that make up the language, includes the sounds that are used to make words, rules for combining sounds, stress and intonation patterns that help to communicate meaning. Morphology: meaning of sounds: morpheme: smallest unit of sound that carries meaning. Morphemes signals change of tense, person and number rather than meaning. Syntax: third system of language, contains rules for combining words into phrases and sentences and for transforming sentences into other sentences. Semantics: acquiring vocabulary and meanings associated with words: provides info about word meanings based on their place sin sentences, child"s system of meanings is constantly developing and changing as. Communicative competence: ability of a speaker to use language. Sociolinguistics: study of language in social context related to pragmatics.