PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Frontal Lobe, Carl Wernicke, Paul Broca
20 Apr 2016
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Language: is a system for communicating with others using signals that are combined according to rules of grammar and convey meaning. Grammar: is a set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages. Phonemes: the smallest unit of sound that is recognizable as speech rather than as random noise. Phonological rules: a set of rules that indicate how phonemes can be combined to produce speech sounds. Morphological rules: a set of rules that indicate how morphemes can be combined to form words. Syntactical rules: indicate how words can be combined to form phrases and sentences. Deep structure: refers to the meaning of a sentence. Surface structure: refers to how a sentence is worded. Ex: dog chased the cat and cat was chased by the dog - both have the same meaning (same deep structure) but have different surface structure.
