Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Language Processing In The Brain, Deep Structure And Surface Structure, Pragmatics

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Surface structure the symbols that are used and their order. Deep structure the underlying meaning of the combined symbols. * same deep structure & different surface structure. Phonemes = smallest speech units: 100 possible, english about 40. Morphemes = smallest unit of meaning: 50 000 in english, root words, prefixed, suffixes. Semantics = meaning of words & word combinations: objects & actions to which words refer. Syntax = a system of rules for arranging words into sentences (differ by language) Bottom-up processing recognizing sounds and letters that combine to form words and sentences e. g. sounding out a new word. Top-down processing language is interpreted in terms of pre-existing knowledge and expectations (cid:862)he (cid:449)e(cid:374)t to the (cid:373)ati(cid:374)ee too at t(cid:449)o o(cid:859)(cid:272)lo(cid:272)k(cid:863). Pragmatics knowledge of practical aspects of language and social rules. Language acquisition support system (lass) factors in the social environment that facilitate the learning of a language. ** lad and lass interact for normal language development.