PSYC 358 Lecture 1: Psychology 358 Lecture 1 Why study language
11 Feb 2017
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Example: help with speech pathologies, problems with reading, learning: window on larger theoretical questions. Example: to explain nature of language and its acquisition: from an analytic view: to describe what is usually ignored regarding everyday use of language. To see how people co-construct meaning in their everyday lives. What implicit rules we use are often unexamined. The formal and the communicative are often presented as oppositions sociolinguists, social psychology, sociology. Communicative: combining these symbols in a potentially infinite number of ways. Linguists: structure or mechanics definition: a system of symbols and rules for produce, and acquire language. Psycholinguists (cognitive psychology, neuro-linguists): how people understand, more persons. Sociologists/pragmatics: definition: coordination of meaning between one or. A grammar is a systematic characterization of all the rules and principles that govern language. Five main levels of analysis recognized in linguistics. Phonetics/phonology: set of sounds and sound patterns a language makes use of.
