PSYC 250 Study Guide - Final Guide: Parenting Styles, Lateralization Of Brain Function, Pecking Order

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 250
• Professor: Sherri Atwood

Document Summary

Final exam review, prof: sherrie atwood: the development of language. Language: a communication system in which words and their written symbols combine in various, regulated ways to produce an infinite number of messages. Communicative language: the ability to convey thoughts, feelings and intentions in an organized, culturally patterned way that sustains and regulates human interactions. Phonology: the system of sounds that a particular language uses. Phoneme: any of the basic units of a language"s phonetic system; phonemes are the smallest sound units that affect meaning. Semantics: the study of word meanings and word combinations, as in phrases, clauses and sentences. Grammar: the structure of a language and is made up of morphology and syntax. Morphology: the study of a language"s smallest units of meaning, or morphemes. Morpheme: any of a language"s smallest units of meaning, such as a prefix, a suffix or a root word.