PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Konz, Noam Chomsky, Anagrams
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Chapter 8 language, cognition, thinking and reasoning. Creative/ generative: effortlessly create new sentences, have a finite vocabulary that can be combined in infinite ways, e. g. Structured: although creative- there are some restrictions, these are regularities of language (not necessary grammar rules) Meaningful/semantic: each word represents an idea, object (cat or dog) action (bites) abstraction, quality, grammar/ structure also contribute to the ideas. Communicative: some language is private- for ourselves, most language is directed at and around others, social activity, need to know the sounds, words, sentences of language and principles of conversation. Child, loved one, stranger, employer, enemy, expert. Semantics area of language concerned with understanding the meaning of words and word combinations. Grammar/ syntax: syntax rules for combining words together into meaningful phrases. Infant/child has to select out the sounds relevant to language from other vocal sounds in the speech stream. One-word stage (9-15 months: holophrastic one word many meanings, errors.
