PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Language Development, Phoneme, Pragmatics
5 Apr 2018
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Form of communication, whether spoken, written, or based on system of symbols. Infinite generativity - ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules. Phonology: sound system of language; how the sounds are used and combined. Phoneme is the smallest unit of sound (english has 44 phonemes. E. g. , 3 phonemes in height : 1) h 2) ei 3) t . Morphology: rules for combining morphemes, the smallest unit of meaning. Walked: two morpheme, walk (to take steps) and -ed (indicates past tense) Syntax: the ways words are arranged to form acceptable phrases and sentences. Incorrect syntax (cid:3247)the show tonight see i"m going to(cid:3248) (cid:3247)i am going to see the show tonight(cid:3248) The girl carries the cat vs. the car carries the girl . E. g. , my car cooked dinner for tuesday. Pragmatics: appropriate use of language in context; can be very complex.
