Psychology 2410A/B Lecture 6: Lecture 6

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

Document Summary

Each component has its own developmental story: phonology. Deals with the sound patterns in languages. Phonemes: smallest unit of sound that creates differences in meaning (hat versus cat versus cot: semantics. Morphemes: smallest grammatical units of language that covey meaning (e. g. , -ed, s, ing: syntax. Deal with the ordering of language (grammar); rules for putting words together to create meaning. The dog chased the black cat (in french?: pragmatics. Deals with the intended meaning of language; goes beyond literal meaning. I like your shoes fantastic winter we"ve been having . Develops over many years (e. g. , sarcasm, conversational norms, narrative skills) Language development in early childhood: prelinguistic (first year) By 10 months, lose sensitivity to phonemic distinctions in other languages (perceptual narrowing) Deaf babies babble with their ands if exposed to sign language. Practice producing phonemes, pitch, and rhythm of native language. Combine babbled phonemes to form morphemes smallest units of meaning (e. g. , s at end of word: one-word utterances.