CGSC170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Noam Chomsky
11 Jan 2017
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Symbolic: consist a set of different element or symbols. Referential: symbols that make up language are referential they stand for or refer to something. Arbitrary: symbols are often arbitrary related to their referents. Structured: ordering of the symbols and sounds in a language is not arbitrary. Phonology: rules that govern the sound system of a language. Syntax: rules that govern the arrangement of words into sentences. Generative: a finite set of symbols can be combined to create an infinite number of meaning. Learn all sounds, symbols that makes up the language. Babies have the ability to learn any language that they are exposed to. Babies can discriminate on phonemes but later lose the ability. They learn quickly the sound that are going to be native term. Need to be able to segment speech stream into individual words and associate words with meaning. When babies are babbling, they will do it in the language"s tone.
