PSYC 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Syntactic Bootstrapping, Voice-Onset Time, Vocal Folds
2 Apr 2017
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Chapter 6 development of language and symbol use (pg. Symbols: systems for representing our thoughts, feelings, and knowledge and for communicating them to other people. Comprehension: with regard to language, understanding what others say (or sign or write) Production: with regard to language, speaking (or writing or signing) to others. Generativity: refers to the idea that through the use of the finite set of words and morphemes in human"s vocabulary, we can put together an infinite number of sentences and express an infinite number of ideas. Phonemes: the elementary units of meaningful sound used to produce languages; ex: difference between rake and lake . Phonological development: the acquisition of knowledge about the sound system of a language. Morphemes: the smallest units of meaningful in a language, composed of one or more phonemes; ex: dogs contains two of these dog [furry entity] and s [plural] Semantic development: the learning of the system for expressing meaning in a language, including word learning.
