PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Frontal Lobe, Speech Perception, Agraphia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH211
• Professor: Tiffany Doan

Document Summary

Phonemes the smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful diff. diff. languages have diff. phonemes (and a diff. # of phonemes) there are explicit rules for how phonemes can be combined to form an utterance phonology: study of how phonemes can be combined in a language. Syntax rule that governs how morphemes can be combined in a language assembly of multiple morphemes in some manner that makes sense structure of our language arrangement of words w/i sentences. Semantics: meaning in language that explains many interesting things, anomaly meaningless contradictions, ambiguity, entailment derive more info. from an explicit statement synonyms double meaning. Pragmatics completion of communication via give and take b/w participants social rules of language; the practical rules we use in maintaining conversations. Ex] proper etiquette convo must be give and take, wait for response before interrupting, etc. Substitute or shift one phoneme for another: exchange complete words or morphemes.