PSYC 101 Chapter Notes -Function Word, Content Word, Traditional Chinese Characters

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Language- our spoken, written, or gestured works and the way we combine them to communicate meaning. It is designed for exchange of meanings and information in a social group. Elements express meaningful concepts such as rabbit , red or run . Specific combinations and sequences alter the meaning. Psycholinguistics- a branch of psychology devoted to the study of verbal behaviour. Study of the mental mechanisms that make it possible for people to use language. Phoneme- minimum unity of sound that coveys meaning in a particular language, such as /p/ Are recognized even though their pronunciation is affected by neighboring sounds in a spoken word, by accents, & by stress. Voice-onset time- delay between the initial sound of a consonant & the onset of vibration of the vocal chords. We distinguish between voiced & unvoiced consonant phonemes using voice-onset time. Morpheme- smallest unit of meaning in language. Some morphemes are phonemes (e. g. , i and a )

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