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a morpheme that attaches to a root morpheme altering the meaning of the root Examples: root morpheme - interest affix DIS (prefix) - DISinterest affix - S (suffix) - interestS |
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| American Sign Language (ASL) |
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| sign language used by the hearing impaired in the United States |
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| the use of two dialects within the same language |
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| the ability to communicate equally in two different languages |
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The area of the brain where language is produced. It is located in the LEFT hemisphere. [image] |
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The part of the brain associated with comprehension of language. It is located in the RIGHT hemishpere. [image] |
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| changing back and forth between two different languages or dialects during a single communication |
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| non-standard varieties of a language which are understood and through which meaning is communicated clearly |
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repetition of what has been uttered (spoken) by another person, whether voluntarily or involuntarily and may result from autism, Tourette syndrome, aphasia, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, developmental disability, schizophrenia, Asperger syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease and, occasionally, other forms of psychopathology |
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| attempts of private individuals and organizations to advocate bilingualism for everyone in the United States |
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a morpheme (word part) that can stand alone as a word Examples: I, dog, house, table |
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a morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme to create meaning play (free morpheme) + ful (bound morpheme) playful |
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a written symbol representing a whole word (also known as logogram) - examples below [image] [image] |
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vocabulary of a specific profession or activity Examples Educational jargon: IEP, lesson plan, formative assessment, "prep" period Sports jargon: run (homerun), strike, foul, goalie Cooking jargon: sweat, reduce, pinch, saute |
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| a characterstic shared by all human languages |
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| an approach to bilingual education in which a familair language is retained and supported during the period in which a new language is being learned |
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the smallest unit of meaning or function within a language which may be a whole word or an affix (prefix or suffix) Examples of morphemes include the following: toy, dog, paper, cafe, im-, pre-, -s, -ing |
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| the study of how words are made within a language by combining morphemes |
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the spelling systen of a language |
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the written representation of the smallest unit of sound within a language Examples of English phonemes: sits has 4 phonemes including two different representations of the letter s /s/ /i/ /t/ /z/ |
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the scientific study of the sounds of a language |
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| the study of how languages use sounds |
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| the study of how language is used in different contexts |
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an affix attached to the beginning of a root morpheme (note that the morpheme to which a prefix is attached does not need to be a full word) root morpheme: view sert prefix: preview insert |
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an affix attached to the end of a root morpheme (note that the morpheme to which a suffix is attached does not need to be a full word) root morpheme: view recept prefix: viewer receptive |
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support that adults provide to children or support that fluent speakers provide to language learners during conversation |
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| the theory suggesting that language is primarily learned through meaningful social interaction by children and those learning a new language |
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| the register of language spoken or used when communicating in informal situations |
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the part of speech of a word Note that the part of speech or word class is determined by the manner in which the word is used in communication, as in the examples below. She hit the scoring run. (noun) I have a run in my nylons. (noun) He will run to the store. (verb) Do you have the run (melted) butter? (adjective) In the long run, it will be better for you. (idomatic phrase) |
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| method of testing the degree to which one knows and understands morphological rules |
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| African American Vernacular English |
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| a variety of English which is spoken by many African Americans in the US; also known as Ebonics |
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| a variety of English spoken by the people of the Appalachian Mountains in the US |
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View examples: Broca's Aphasia and Wernicke's Aphasia |
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Click here to view a video illustrating how Broca's Aphasia and Wernicke's Aphasia appear in people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67HMx-TdAZI |
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