PSYO 1012 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
30 Jan 2019
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Language open and symbolic communication system with rules of grammar and allows users to express abstract and distant ideas. Symbolic sound doesn"t relate to what the word represents. Follows rules of grammar we can create sentences that have not been created before. Express abstract and distant ideas makes it unique. Evolution of language in humans: protolanguage used by earlier species of homo. Words without syntax: grammatical & syntactic language linkely not used by homo. Both differ from animal communication in expressing beyond the here and now . Cooing includes only vowels (first 6 months) One-word utterances 12 months (like pre language) Universal to language-specific listening through loss of phonemes. After 10 months, kids stop being able to make distinction between two similar sounds. Early on, they perceive all sound contrasts. By 1 year, they perceive only the phonemes that are in their native language. Manual babbling in 6 to 12 months: slower rhythm & restricted to front of body.
