PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Language Processing In The Brain, Written Language, Oneword
16 Dec 2018
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Language structure: phonemes smallest distinctive units of sound (not redundant with letters) Indicated by letters, but letters and phonemes are not indicative. Tough thought dough (same combination of letter, but different phonemes are produced: cent sell (you can get the same sounds from different letter) Letters give clues to the phonemes you are supposed to be using. 4 months distinguish speech sounds: pair sounds with face that makes the sound, proper vowel formation. 7 months sound segmentation: speech stream is continuous, must be able to know when one-word ends, and another begins in a sentence. Trained on a set of nonsense words (bidaku, padoti, golabu, tupiro: presented string of words (bidakupadotigolabutupirogolabupadoti) Language vs. communication: bee waggle, vervet monkey calls, washoe: was taught asl and could produce up to 200 signs, could also coin new words. Limitations: ape asl is childlike, ape vocabulary is limited, confirmation bias by experimenter.
