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Exam 1-Set 5
Past tense-Neologisms
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/16/2013

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Past tense
Definition
understanding of the rules that dictate endings for past tense
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Regular vs irregular verbs
Definition
regular verb tense is determined by rules
irregular verb tense based on stored memory representation for the irregular form of past tense
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rule generation
Definition
If lexical memory retrieves an irregular form, it is used, if not it is regularized with -ed
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analogy
Definition
phonological analogy is used to generate correct verbs when the proper means are not in the lexical memory
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Modularity
Definition
rule based system for generating -ed past tense for regular verbs, independent of phonological and semantic systems
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Connectionism
Definition
a system based on correlation and statistical regularities between verb stems and past tense form
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Wickelphones
Definition
breakdowns of phonemes in words to help organize the way they are spoken
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Wickelfeatures
Definition
the way words are spoken (unvoiced-voiced-voiced)
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weights
Definition
the value placed on certain connections in a connectionist model
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thresholds
Definition
relates to connectionist modeland means of creating verb endings
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Associative strength
Definition
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homophones
Definition
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently
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Agrammatism/Broca's aphasia
Definition
impairment in reading, generating, and judging regular verb tenses
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Wernicke's Aphasia
Definition
impairment in retrieving irregular verb tenses
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neologisms
Definition
new term or word that has been coined but not yet accepted into full time usage
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