PSYC 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Phonological Awareness, Sarcasm, Pragmatics

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

Document Summary

Communication*skills very few spontaneously acquire reading more spontaneous acquire language. Phonological awareness = speci c sounds associated with symbols. /p/*and*/b: morphology have speci c types of rules about how we use words --> some exceptions. Bound*morphemes:*)s: semantics need context to understand what dog is meaning. How do you determine what order the rules go in: syntax. -> smallest form of meaning by themselves, don"t. Autism spectrum disorders --> have some di culty with language pragmatics. Sarcasm --> very di cult for kids to pick up. Depends on tone of voice and body language. Why texting is super hard to interpret sarcasm. Emojis to help show when you are kidding. Please,,thank,you,,etc. di erent languages have di erent rules about how to talk to di erent people in di erent areas of society ie: email etiquette. Sometimes take language literally, can"t apply sociolinguistic social contexts of language)