PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Language Acquisition, Psych, Satisficing
11 Sep 2015
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Psycholinguistics - study of psychological mechanisms underlying the acquisition and use of language. Language collection of symbols and rules for combining those symbols, that can be used to create an infinite variety of messages. People you are communicating with have to share that same meaning. Serve as a social purpose used to communicate our thoughts with others. Phonemes smallest unit of sound in spoken language. In english, there are 40 different phonemes that correspond to the 26 letters in the alphabet. Some groups of letters have many different sounds (e. g th, ch) Morphemes smallest units of meaning in language. Function morphemes (e. g using ed for past tense) Phonemes: th e b o y h i t th e b a l l. Syntax system of rules that specify how words can be combines into phrases and sentences. Development of language: crying (can convey different meanings, cooing (end of first month, babbling (by 6 months).
