PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Noun Phrase, Morpheme, Phoneme
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Rosch (1975) typicality ratings for natural categories. Not all possible information for a category is activated when the category is accessed. Information relevant to the current context is preferentially activated i. e. compare the following 2 sentences: she injured her back when she tried to. Lift the piano: she injured her wrist when she tried to. Key areas of brain for language: language and speech: wernicke"s and broca"s area: Questions: how did the study of tan help us understand language processing in the brain, why would someone with broca"s aphasia have difficulty with the sentence. Language: a system of communication through which we code and express our feelings, thoughts, ideas and experiences. Do our close relatives (i. e. chimps and gorillas) have language abilities? (i. e. nim. Examines animal communication, the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees, and comparative cognitive behaviour. Alex can grasp aspect of numbers, colour concepts, difference b/w presence and absence, physical properties of objects (shape and material)
