EC 3322 Study Guide - Final Guide: Semantic Network, Spreading Activation, Syntax
30 Jun 2019
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Specific nominals refers to a specific object (daddy, benji) General nominals refers to all members of a category (those, cats). Action words describes actions, social action games, and action inhibitors. Personal-social words describe affected states and relationships (yes, bye-bye) Spreading activation activation of specific entries spreads across the network based on the strength of connections among entries. List 3 factors that influence semantic development: gender, language impairment (li, language exposure. Girls usually have a larger vocabulary & learn words more easily than boys for the first several years of language development. Biologically their neurological development is faster than boys. Psychologically & socially gender-typed interests may influence the types of interactions children experience. Morphological development internalization of rules that govern the structure of words. Provides children with the grammatical inflection as well as a means for expanding their vocabulary from a smaller set of root words to an exponentially larger set of derived forms.
