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What does Noam Chomsky mean when he says that language is a dialect without an army?


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Sign Language

A visual language that uses hand shapes, facial expressions, and body movements to convey meaning, primarily used by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

Relearning Method

A method for measuring retention that compares the time required to relearn material with the time used in the initial learning of the material.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

A German psychologist known for his pioneering work in the study of memory, including the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.

Sensory Register

The initial processing system that holds incoming sensory information for a very short period of time, allowing it to be perceived.

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