PHLB09H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9
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Language: is a system for communicating with others using signals that are combined according to rules of grammar and convey meaning. Grammar: is a set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages. Phoneme: the smallest unit of sound that is recognized as speech rather than as random noise. Phonological rules: a set of rules that indicate how phonemes can be combined to produce speech sounds. Morphological rules: a set of rules that indicate how morphemes can be combined to form words. Syntactical rules: a set of rules that indicate how words can be combined to form phrases and sentences. Fast mapping: the fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure. Telegraphic speech: speech that is devoid of function morphemes and consists mostly of content words. Nativist theory: the view that language development is best explained as an innate, biological capacity.
