Week 5 Questions in Psycholinguistics

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Week 5 - Final Paper

Questions in Psycholinguistics

Language is an important tool for storing, organizing, and retrieving information that has been acquired throughout one’s life, as well as for thinking, modifying, and sharing such information with others. Thus, researchers ask many questions about language and its use. For this assignment, complete the steps listed below:

  • Select one of the following topics:
    • Recent research has shown that bilingualism shapes the human mind. What are some of the short-term and/or long-term consequences of bilingualism on information processing? Include at least two sets of findings (e.g., speed of processing and vocabulary size) in your paper.
    • Human language is more than a communication system. What are the unique properties of human language that make it different from communication systems used by other species?
    • Most of language use in adults relies on reading, an ability that is often acquired later in life than the ability to speak and understand speech in one’s primary language. Why is learning how to read more challenging than learning how to speak in one’s primary language?
    • Ambiguities in the meaning of words and phrases are far from rare occurrences. Yet, both speakers and listeners (or readers) often do not appear to notice them. What are these ambiguities, and why do they often go unnoticed?
    • Can you “forget” words in your first language while you are learning a second language? Summarize the available evidence to explain your answer.
    • More than half a century ago, two researchers, Noam Chomsky and B. F. Skinner, debated the role of nature and nurture in language acquisition. What was the viewpoint of each researcher? What was the evidence upon which their contrasting viewpoints relied?
  • Review the literature on the selected topic. For your selected topic, use at least three peer-reviewed articles that can answer the questions related to it.
  • Summarize the evidence you have found and then critically examine it. Engage your critical thinking skills. For instance, ask yourself if the available evidence is sufficient to support the interpretations that researchers have proposed, and/or whether there are ambiguities and unknowns.
  • Begin your paper with an introduction to the selected topic in which you define all concepts that will be discussed in the paper. Include a brief summary of the content of the selected article according to the guidelines described above.
  • Analyze the key findings, illustrating the consistencies and inconsistencies.
  • Include a conclusion expressing your thoughts about the strengths and weaknesses of the available evidence. If possible, suggest the course that future research should take if answers are less than conclusive.

The Questions in Psycholinguistics Final Paper

  • Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least three peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
    • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesView in a new window table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

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      Human Language
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      HUMAN LANGUAGE

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      Human language is more than a communication system
      Introduction
      When human language is compared to other forms of communication used by non-human
      animals, it is realized that it has unique features. Human language is lauded as one that is openended, in which it allows humans to produce uninterrupted forms of utterances that originate from
      a finite set of elements. Human language is based on binary code where the application of
      meaningless factors comes into a function such as gestures and different forms of sound that are
      finally combined to come up with units that have a meaning. Furthermore, there are grammatical
      rules and symbols that any human language should follow in ensuring that they are arbitrary.
      Therefore, the whole system of human communication can be acquired only through social
      interaction. On the other side, the known human communication forms that are used by human
      beings help in expressing the finite number of various utterances that are always genetically
      transmitted (Yule, 2016). The genetic transmission makes human language to be unique from the
      types of communication used by non-human creatures.
      Literature review
      Human language differs significantly from those used in animal communication because
      they succeed in employing semantic and grammatical categories while passing the message. They
      also use verb and noun in the expression of some complex meaning of certain used statements
      (Akmajian et al. 2017). Additionally, human language is unique because it can deploy recursively
      in which it uses noun phrases that contain various other noun phrases. It can also include a clause
      that makes it the only form of natural communication. Human communication modality is used to
      not only communicate through various commu...


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