PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Friending And Following, Linguistic Relativity
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Rules of combination that allow for communication. Data does provide support for this theory. Hard-wired to sort input from 20-80 phonemes. Phonemes: smallest units of sounds which can be distinguished; change in sound can alter meaning. Middle phonemes: b i" t or b a" t. Morphemes: smallest units of meaning in a language. Understanding the meaning of words and combinations. The structure of a language, underlying rules of order/function for how words can be combined to form phrases and sentences. Grammatical rules incorrectly generalized to exception cases. Examples: he goed" to the park, he bringed" cake to the party. Children may add words to their vocabularies after one exposure. One word is over applied to a broader range of objects or actions. One word is incorrectly believed to apply to only one member of a group or classification. Example: sissy" is the only sister that exists. The ability to comprehend, process and integrate the meaning of language.
