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| What are the steps a scientist follows when he or she is trying to learn about something? |
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| How does the scientific method differ from other ways of knowing about the world? |
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| Scientific method is universal, falsifiable, does not rely on faith |
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| What is the relationship between thought and language? |
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| They are two separate entities, one does not determine the other, they are independent |
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| What are the arguments for/against the whorfian hypothesis? |
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Arguments Against: - people from different language have different distinctions of objects
Arguments For:
- when given choices, all people from different languages give the same answers
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| What are onomatopoetic words tell us about language? |
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words are aribitrary and they do not necessarily sustain from one culture to the next Ex: MEOW, ROAR |
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| Why is "NGIV" not a good english word? |
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| Words in English do not start with NG |
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| Provide some examples of words that correspond to concepts |
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Nouns, adj, verbs, any conceptual lexicon BANANA, FIREMAN |
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| What does Jabberwocky reveal about the relation between words and concepts? |
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| we do not need substantive words in order to understand meaning |
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| What are the problems of checklist theory? |
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| Too specific, does not allow any concept to be partial |
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| What are the problems of the prototype theory? |
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| concepts are fuzzy and not fixed, not specific, have core and periphery |
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| How do adjectives such as "good" or "fake" show the limitation of prototype theory? |
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Good - does not serve as the same function good teacher vs. good shoe Fake - challenges the core and periphery or idea |
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| What are the two different concepts, expressed by the single word "door"? Show how these two concepts, "door" 1, "door" 2 are related to each other. |
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Door 1 - I am painting the door. (object) Door 2 - I walk through the door. (function) Object vs. Function |
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| Why can neither checklist theory nor prototype theory explain polysemy? |
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| Too specific, they rely on exact description to define concepts, even fuzzy concepts |
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| Compare the substantive lexicon to functional lexicon: How do they differ? |
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Substantive words - banana Functional words - The, were, a, be Object/Concept vs. Function |
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| "Kiss" can be either a noun or a verb. How can you determine what part of speech it is? |
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| context. how it is placed in the sentence and the surrounding words around it. |
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What are some counter examples to the familiar definitiion of a verb as "a word that expresses an action, state or activity?" What part of speech are they and how can you tell? |
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Sheila likes to take walks. I walked to the park. Noun vs. Verb You can tell by context. |
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