+
Related Flashcards
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Why is language challenging?
|
-many different languages
-use diff alhabets, sounds, syntax, -words don't have same meaning -languages change over time and vary religion to religion -complex brain function -dysfluencies (stuttering) |
|
Anomia
|
Inability to think of names of objects
|
|
Language Challenging: interpretation process
|
Ambiguous sentences
|
|
Challenging language meaning...
|
Intended meaning may be opposite to literal meaning or may be implicit
-may relate to implied meaning or subtext |
|
Cultural Idioms
|
Confusing statements
slang phrases like c'est la vie or thats the way the cookie crumbles |
|
What is language?
|
Communication system cmbining symbols in rule-based ways to create meaning
-transmit info -express thoughts -socia function |
|
How does language operate?
|
-automatic
-little attention or effort -you can adapt language to new concepts or ideas |
|
Phonemes
|
The basic sound components of language
may be somewhat related to letters but not 1:1 match |
|
What differs between languages
|
Core phonemes
|
|
Phonemic Distinction
|
People differ in their ability to create or detect meaningful differences between phonemes
|
|
Morphemes
|
Smallest units of speech that have meaning
|
|
How are morpemescreated
|
Stringing together phonemes
|
|
What do morphemes convey
|
Information about semantics
|
|
What can morphemes be
|
Whole words (a, in, be)
word-like chunks (ish re-) prefix, suffix |
|
Morphological Markers
|
Grammar elements that modify words by adding sounds to them that change their meaning
-prefix/suffix |
