Language
acquisition device
A
hypothetical cognitive faculty by means of which one acquires one’s first
language(s)
Langue
The
linguistic system internalized by speakers of a language (as suggested by Ferdinand
de Saussure), as opposed to parole, the act of speaking
Least
noticeable difference
The
smallest amount of change in sensory perception that an individual is
capable of noticing
Lesion
An injury
or damage to an organ or a tissue of the body
Lexical
retrieval
The finding
of words from one’s lexicon; the vocabulary stored in one’s memory
Linguistic
competence
The ability
to use one’s language; what one knows about the rules and the usage of one’s
language even without being aware of knowing it
Linguistic
determinism
See
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Linguistic
performance
What one
actually says, as opposed to one’s linguistic competence
Linguistic
relativity
See
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Link
In the
human brain, a synapse between neurons that readily transmits nerve impulse as
a result of repeated experience; in a propositional or semantic network
(whether relevant to human cognition or to artificial intelligence), a line
relating concepts or nodes
LISP
A high
level computer programming language
Localization
of function
The notion
that different cognitive functions of the human brain reside in particular
locations in the brain
Logical
positivist school
The school
of thought concerned with the issue of the nature of truth that holds to the
verification principle that there are two kinds of cognitively meaningful
statements. The first are those that are true by virtue of their being
empirically verifiable(true in the world), and the second kind includes those
that are true by virtue of being linguistically verifiable (true because of the
meanings of the words)
Longitudinal
studies
Studies
carried out over in an extended period of time on a particular subject or group
of subjects
Long-term
memory
The
component of our memory system that retains material for a long time
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