Download Test 3 | LING 2100 - The Study of Language and more Quizzes Linguistics in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Syntax DEFINITION 1 studies the organization of words into phrases and phrases into sentences. TERM 2 lexical categories DEFINITION 2 a group of words that can function in the same way in a sentence. TERM 3 constituent DEFINITION 3 a group of words that function together as a discrete unit in the same sentence TERM 4 open lexical categories DEFINITION 4 content words- contribute to the meaning of the sentence new words can be added all the time nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs TERM 5 closed lexical categories DEFINITION 5 function words uncommon to add new words prepositions, pronouns, determiners, auxilary verbs, conjuctions TERM 6 nouns DEFINITION 6 real, imaginary, or abstract things things that can be counted, can form a plural, occur with articles and demonstratives, can be modified with descriptive words TERM 7 verbs DEFINITION 7 actions, events, processes, states of being. TERM 8 determiners DEFINITION 8 the, a, that, those, any, every, many, fifteen, three, some, his, my. express difiniteness, indefiniteness, possession, and quantity. TERM 9 prepositions DEFINITION 9 with, in, on, into, for, before, of, without, over, under TERM 10 auxiliary verbs DEFINITION 10 can, will, must, have, would, do, should. express notions of time, necessity, and possibility TERM 21 active construction of a grammar theory DEFINITION 21 children actually invent the rules of grammar themselves. TERM 22 connectionist theory DEFINITION 22 assume children learn language by creating neural connections in the brain. TERM 23 social interaction theory DEFINITION 23 acquire language through social interactions with older children and adults. TERM 24 one word stage DEFINITION 24 holophrastic stage TERM 25 two word stage DEFINITION 25 telegraphic
