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Explain how this sentence could have 2 meanings: "We saw her duck."
duck = verb OR her duck = possessive
Pragmatics is...
 
how context influences interpretation of meanings.
 
rules that tell the speaker how to put morphemes in order.
 
the smallest unit of a word sound.
 
the smallest meaningful part of a word.
Use semantics to describe the picture.
(describe...)
The study of the meanings of words, phrases and sentences is called...
 
semantics.
 
syntax
 
morpheme
 
phoneme
Syntax is...
 
rules that tell the speaker how to put morphemes in order.
 
the smallest meaningful part of a word.
 
the smallest unit of sound in a word.
 
rules for body language communication.
The rules for word order in a sentence are called...
 
syntax.
 
phoneme.
 
morpheme.
 
pragmatics.
The sound "hmmm?" is...
 
paralanguage
 
gesture
 
a morpheme
 
kinesics
How many morphemes does the word "loudly" have?
2
The sound "th" is a...
 
phoneme
 
morpheme
 
grammar
 
semantics
What is a morpheme?
 
The smallest unit of a word with meaning.
 
The smallest unit of a word, without meaning.
 
The longest part of a word that makes meaning.
 
A meaningful nonverbal sound.
What is a phoneme?
 
The smallest unit of sound, without meaning.
 
The smallest unit of sound, with meaning.
 
The earliest form of writing.
 
The smallest unit of writing.
The 4 features that human languages have are:
 
discreteness, grammar, productivity, displacement
 
discreteness, semantics, grammar, displacement
 
culture, grammar, productivity, displacement
 
morphology, semantics, grammar, productivity
Provide one reason why animals communicate with one another.
(survival, food, danger, mating, etc.)
Humans have an open communication system, which means...
 
we can create an infinite number of messages.
 
we cannot create new ideas or meanings.
 
we can use our phones anywhere in the world.
 
we only use verbal words to communicate.
Animals have a closed communication system, which means...
 
they cannot create new meanings or messages.
 
they can create new language.
 
they cannot make sounds, only gestures.
 
they cannot communicate with each other.
What does the Critical Age Range hypothesis say?
 
A child can't learn a new language easily after puberty.
 
Apes can learn some words but not an entire language.
 
Birds are born knowing how to make sounds.
 
Children learn language from the people around them.
Use nonverbal language to say "I don't like this."
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
Use nonverbal communication to say I DON'T KNOW.
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
Use nonverbal communication to show SURPRISE.
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
Use nonverbal communication to say NO.
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
Name one method of NONVERBAL communication.
sign language, gestures, paralanguage, kinesics / body language, proxemics / social distance
True or False: Deaf children cannot learn to communicate.
False
Are most animals' forms of communication learned or innate?
innate
Is human language learned or innate?
learned
Which is NOT a reason why humans can produce language?
 
Humans have more important things to communicate.
 
The top of the human mouth is wider and curved.
 
The human skull is more centred on the spine.
 
The human brain has two regions for producing language.
Why can humans create more sounds to make words than animals?
 
The position of the human skull is more centred.
 
The position of the human skull is more forward.
 
The human brain is smaller.
 
Animals' brains are bigger.
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