Nature of Language 2

4. Language is ______, meaning there is no logical connection between the words and the meaning.
7. This person discovered Behaviouristic theory.
9. Language is important for _____ to develop culture and break from work.
10. Speech has no direct physical consequences, it can occur at the same time as another activity.
11. Language helps us obtain ____ to learn about the world.
12. Speech is learned individually and passed from generation to generation via ______ transmission.
13. This person discovered Rationalistic theory.
14. This is non-verbal communication with facial expressions and gesture.
15. This is when a word is shortened by taking out a chunk of the existing word.
17. This theory states that a child must understand the concepts before they can use the language.
19. This is non-verbal communication through social space or distance.
21. This is non-verbal communication through silence in speech.
22. Sound and meaning can be sub-grouped and re-grouped to form words and sentences, this is called _____.
23. When two words are combined and overlapped they form a _____.

1. This is when a language takes words from other languages.
2. This theory states that biology influence language, that the child only discovers and tests.
3. Language is ______, meaning people who use a similar language share its rules and pattern.
5. ____language talks about truth and facts.
6. This theory says that a child learns through his environment, being born with an empty mind for learning.
8. The scientific study of a particular language.
10. Language is ________, meaning we can make lots of sounds but we don’t use them all, only some we assign meaning to.
16. This person discovered Cognitive theory.
18. Language helps people _____ and develop.
20. ________ language talks about attitudes and ideas, thoughts, dreams, etc…