PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ambiguous Image, Strange Culture, 18 Months
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A psychological theory of the mind must also explain language development. De nition: is language any sort of communication, even body language (not here, now we"re using it in a narrow way) System of communications people have, like english, french, etc. Does the generalization we make about these languages work the same way as birdsong, tra c language, etc. Darwin: man has an instinctive tendency to speak (and children babble) Explanation 1: it is not innate, but it"s such a good idea that it spread. What do all languages share: a certain expressive power: they can express ideas. All languages can express all ideas, but obviously in di erent ways: all creative: meaning you can create new sentences. We always say things we"ve never said before, but nevertheless we understand them. Tuesday, march 13, 2018: syntax, morphology, phonology, (and also pragmatic)
