PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Noam Chomsky, Language Processing In The Brain, Babbling

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Harvey Marmurek

Document Summary

Textbook: psychology tenth edition in modules authored by david g. myers. Language transmits knowledge whether spoken, written, or signed, language the original wireless communication enables mind-to-mind information transfer, and with it the transmission of civilization"s accumulated knowledge across generations. Language is so fundamental to our experience, so deeply a part of being human, that it"s hard to imagine life without it. Grammar system of rules that enables us to communicate. Two morphemes cat and s", and four phonemes c, a, t, and s. What are the milestones in language development? ability to understand what is said to and about them. Receptive language: by 4 months can recognize differences in speech sounds. Productive language: ability to produce words; babbling stage spontaneously uttered sounds are consonant-vowel pairs; age 10 months babbling changed so train ear can identify the house language. At 18 months two-word stage or telegraphic speech.