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Chapter 7

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language

The communication of information through symbols arranged according to systematic rules.

grammar

The system of rules that determine how our thoughts can be expressed.

phonology

The study of the smallest units of speech, called phonemes.

phonemes

The smallest units of speech.

syntax

Ways in which words and phrases can be combined to form sentences.

semantics

The rules governing the meaning of words and sentences.

babble

Meaningless speechlike sounds made by children from around the age of 3 months through 1 year.

telegraphic speech

Sentences in which words not critical to the message are left out.

overgeneralization

The phenomenon by which children apply language rules even when the application results in an error.

learning-theory approach

The theory that language acquisition follows the principles of reinforcement and conditioning.

nativist approach

The theory that a genetically determined, innate mechanism directs language development.

universal grammar

Noam Chomsky's theory that all the world's languages share a common underlying structure.

language-acquisition device

A neural system of the brain hypothesized by Noam Chomsky to permit understanding of language.

interactionist approach (to language development)

The view that language development is produced through a combination of genetically determined predispositions and environmental circumstances that help teach language.

linguistic-relativity hypothesis

The notion that language shapes and may determine the way people in a particular culture perceive and understand the world.

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What is the term for the theory that a genetically determined?

biological determinism, also called biologism or biodeterminism, the idea that most human characteristics, physical and mental, are determined at conception by hereditary factors passed from parent to offspring.

What is the basis of the Interactionist view of language development?

Jean Piaget's theory of language development suggests that children use both assimilation and accommodation to learn a language. Interactionist theory has its basis in social interaction theory and posits that language is acquired and perfects through interactions with more experienced linguistic figures.

Is the theory that a genetically determined innate mechanism directs language development?

Noam Chomsky's theory that a genetically determined, innate mechanism directs language development. A neural system if the brain hypothesized by Noam Chomsky to permit understanding of language.

Which theory proposes that a genetically determined innate mechanism directs language development quizlet?

Nativists approach to language- the theory that a genetically determined, innate mechanism directs language development.