PSYC 3506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Jargon, Phrase Structure Rules, Onomatopoeia
22 Jul 2020
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Systematic and conventional use of sounds, signs, or written symbols for the intention of communication or self-expression (text, p. 347) Finite set of words + finite set of rules = an infinite number of acceptable utterances. There are rules that rules are govern the construction of sentences (particular to a language) Look at how person speaks then try and describe the underlying rules instead of telling them how to speak. With even smaller units of meaning (morphemes) The sounds we make to refer to something don"t matter unless its onomatopoeia. All spoken languages are made up of sounds, called phonemes. Recall that phonemes are the smallest significant unit of sound within a language. /la/ vs. /ra/ and /la/ vs. /la/ Words can be made up of one or more morphemes. Words are combined to make phrases (meaningful groupings of words that come together to make up sentences) Languages vary as to their specific phrase structure rules.
