PSY 302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Language Development, Language Processing In The Brain, Text Segmentation
30 Jan 2016
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Elementary units of sound used to produce languages, and they distinguish meaning. English uses 45 of the 200 present sounds in the world. Phonological development the mastery of the sound system of their language: semantics. Learning the system for expressing meaning in a language, including word learning. Morphemes the smallest units of meaning in a language, composed of one or more phonemes. Semantic development learning the system for expressing meaning in a language: syntax. Rules in a language that specify how words from different categories can be combined (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. ) Syntactic development acquiring the rules for combining words in a language: pragmatic development. Refers to acquiring knowledge about how a language is used. Cultural rules for using the language (ex rude in some cultures to address a stranger by the first name: metalinguistic knowledge. Knowledge about language, including its properties and how it is used.
