AUPSY 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Categorical Perception, Phoneme, Parsing
18 Oct 2018
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It was found that the *eel was on the ___ . The beginning of the word was covered by a burst of noise. It was found that the *eel was on the axle word is wheel. It was found that the *eel was on the shoe word is heel. Graded sounds of bah, ba, pa, pah . You would think that participants would hear a graded. Only some phonemes are acceptable in language. We can use [th] together, but not [tl] For each word that a speaker knows, there are sever. Phonology the phonemes that make up the word. Orthography the letters that make up the spelling. Syntax how words are combined together to form meaning. Semantics the meaning of the word. The thing or concept that a word refers to. Syntax dictates acceptable vs unacceptable sequences of words. Phrase structure trees can outline acceptable sequences ( visual on slide 18) Rules that describe how language is actually used.
