PSY BEH 110D Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pragmatics
8 Sep 2016
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Holophrases - words that are used to communicate many meanings. Replaced by telegraphic speech - utterances that include only critical words. Indicates questions with wh- words and word ordering. Raise tone of voice at end of question. Learn many rules and then learn to apply them broadly. Because they don"t have a lot of experience with them. Doubt and skepticism - late emergence of understanding of lying and deception. Social elements of speech - turn taking, repair, politeness, and narrative emerge early. Supplemental video - the linguistic genius of babies. Babies and children are geniuses until the age of 7, and then go into decline. Babies are listening intently to us, and are thinking statistics.
