Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Iput, World Learning, Universal Grammar

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

Document Summary

Most kids go from not talking at all to speaking complex sentences by age 3. Kids know 14 000 words by age 6. Phonemes detec smallest units of sound that detects differences in meaning (hat vs. (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:1005)(cid:1004) (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths (cid:449)e lose a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to disti(cid:374)guish pho(cid:374)e(cid:373)es i(cid:374) la(cid:374)guages (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t know. Deals with meaning in language lexicon: all the words you know. Morphemes: smallest grammatical units of language that convey meaning. Not sound units, these are grammar units. Refers to ordering of languages (grammer) rules for putting words together to create meaning. Every language has a syntax this is under more biological control than the other aspects. Deals with the intended meaning of language, goes beyond literal meaning. Sometimes theres differences in the way we say things takes years to develop. I. e to understand sarcasm can take a longg time. By 10 months they lose sensitivity ti phonemic distinctions in other languages (perceptual narrowing)