PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dyslexia, Morpheme, Sarcasm
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Talking about an idea that is not present: arbitrariness. Combine the sounds of our language to generate new ideas: productivity. We can generate new ideas all the time: learnability. Ability to learn any language for babies. Can non-humans learn language: p(cid:396)i(cid:373)ates la(cid:272)k the a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)ate (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) ideas that the(cid:455)"(cid:448)e (cid:374)e(cid:448)e(cid:396) hea(cid:396)d (cid:271)efo(cid:396)e. Core components of language: phonology study of sounds in a language. Guided by phonological rules (cid:894)(cid:449)hi(cid:272)h sou(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t go afte(cid:396) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h sou(cid:374)d(cid:895: morphology. Morpheme: smallest unit of language with a meaning. Bound morphemes: cannot stand alone (un- in unbreakable) Free morphemes: can stand alone (foot- in football) Functional morphemes: exist for grammatical purposes (the) Content morphemes: have a meaning: semantics. Potential sources of confusing (effects of context: going to the bank (financial institution vs river bank, syntax. A sentence can respect syntax but does not make sense in meaning. A sentence can be presented in different ways but has the same meaning at its core.
