PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Language Processing In The Brain, Word Formation, Pragmatics
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Language mediates thought: word meanings and categories determined by adults. Give label to each new object (they think that the label and the object are the same thing) Initially word and object inseparable: focus attention, select distinctive features. Structured support to insure success (assisted learning) Ex. (a picture) (words) (list of steps) (hand over hand) How would you teach a child a specific task using scaffolding? (when they trace lines on paper to learn to write letters. What kind of public speech would help the child internalize the instructions? (explain to them that they must write on the lines) Distance between child"s developmental level and potential ability. Rule-based symbol system (doesn"t have to be oral language. One way to represent language (the way they say words and sounds) Rules for organizing language: syntax : rules for combining words into sentences/ phrases, morphology: categories and rules for word formation (open class words, close class words)