PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psych, Kanzi, Waggle Dance
22 Jan 2018
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Regular: governed by rules and grammar a sentence can be reorganized and still retain it"s meaning because of a system of rules details how each work ts with the ones around it. Arbitrary: lack of resemblance between works and their meaning. Productive: there are almost limitless ways to combine words to describe objects, situations and actions. The whorf-sapir hypothesis: language in uences our thoughts and how we perceive and experience the word, supporting evidence: Brazilian tribe with a language of only 3 words (one, two, and many) Indians use the same word to refer to an older brother, father, uncle and grandpa but they are still able to understand exactly how they are related to each one. Morphemes: the smallest unit of sound that contains information: often a word, but some words contain multiple morphemes. Phonemes: smallest units of language: /d/ /o/ /g/ 3 phonemes, /ch/ /ai/ /r/ 3 phonemes.
