Across
- 5. the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences.
- 6. an organized mental framework about a particular topic, event, object, idea, setting, or group of people.
- 8. a mental image of best example of a category.
- 11. the ability to produce language.
- 13. the system of rules in a language that enable us to communicate with and understand others.
- 14. combining words to make meanings (like deep processing).\
- 17. a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.
- 20. The way we communicate meaning to ourselves and others.
- 21. one-word phrases babies make around the age of 12 months
- 23. argues that language is acquisition is based on the principles of operant conditioning – babies imitate sounds and then are reinforced. *
- 25. reasoning from the general to the specific.
- 26. thinking affects our language, which in turn affects our thoughts.
Down
- 1. the smallest distinctive units of sound used in a language
- 2. universal noises made by babies around the age of 4 months
- 3. just trying any method to solve an answer.
- 4. the ability to understand language.
- 7. structure learning ABCs, just the letters and layout of the words.
- 9. a linguist who argues that young children possess an innate capability to learn and produce speech.
- 10. some concepts fit into a group because of their definition.
- 12. just coming up with the answer, the "aha" moment
- 15. a linguist who believed that a language does more than describe a person’s culture.
- 16. coming up with new ideas
- 18. thinking about thinking
- 19. the smallest units of meaning in a language
- 22. having a preoccupation with something, not being able to stop thinking of it.
- 24. a language disorder that affects how you communicate.