PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Language Production, Onomatopoeia, Animal Communication
10 Feb 2016
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Chapter 4: language: language is the most complex level of communication, language is abstract, psychologists consider only human communication to be language, the form of communication we most commonly think of is auditory communication. Various language stimuli represent different meanings and concepts. In oral language, the stimuli are the sounds that you emit in the form of words. Communication involves a concrete item, where something has to be physically present in the environment to indicate the item: natural language: regular. I. e. a sentence can be reorganized and still retain its meaning because a system of. When a speci c sound is assigned to represent a concept. Lack of resemblance between words and its meaning. Ex. there is nothing about the sound of the word cat that indicates that it is a. Words whose sounds are associated with their meanings are called onomatopoeia furry animal with whiskers and a tail (words like meow, splash, and hiccup: natural language: productive.
