PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pragmatics
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Phonology sound system of a language (phonemes) Semantics how a language expresses meaning (morphemes, words) Syntax structure of language, rules for combining words. Pragmatics how language is used in context. Phonemes - smallest letters that can be altered to change meaning of a word. Each morpheme consists of one or more phonemes. Ex: kisses (2 morphemes and 4 phonemes) Morphemes - smallest meaningful combination of sounds in a language. Smallest units that have meaning, including suffixes and prefixes. Frost (the root word is a morpheme) defrost, defroster.