Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Noam Chomsky, Transformational Grammar, Oneword

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Language learning- is language learned? (cid:862)i k(cid:374)o(cid:449) that you (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e you u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat you thi(cid:374)k i said, (cid:271)ut i(cid:373) (cid:374)ot su(cid:396)e you (cid:396)ealise that (cid:449)hat you hea(cid:396)d is (cid:374)ot (cid:449)hat i (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t(cid:863) Syntax: arranging the elements in a meaningful way, proper structure: importance of grammar. Bloopers: prostitute appeal to pope, police help murder victims, suicide more common than thought, american sentenced to life in scotland, teenage pregnancy a mounting problem. Phonological ambiguity: confusion of sounds (knock knock jokes) Logical ambiguity: confusion or double meaning of words. Surface structure: se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:449)o(cid:396)ds, se(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)e you pop out, (cid:449)hat"s p(cid:396)i(cid:374)ted. Actual meaning ------ rules transform>>>>> sequence of words. Jusczyk (1985: u(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g (cid:396)ates fo(cid:396) (cid:862)pa(cid:863) (cid:448)s (cid:862)ba(cid:863, sensitivity to foreign contrasts drops as infant approaches 12 months. Motherese: high pitch, slow rate, exaggerated tone, adults shift- (cid:862)auto(cid:373)ati(cid:272)ally(cid:863, learning about pausing, pitch, characteristics, etc, north american countries have this, not other countries. Infants prefer this type of speech to normal adult speech.