PSYCH320 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Baby Talk, Formal System, Morpheme

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Children begin to combine words around 18-24 mos, english morphology is easy! Morphology combine unit of meaning free/bound. Bound morphemes inflectional doesn"t change the category derivational does (ment) (less) Words must learn the meanings of words - memorize. Sentences infinite so you must know how your language works - build. Location of words matters because different rules = different structures. Where a word is affects the meaning of the sentence (i. e. structure). Closed class (function) determiners, prepositions, auxiliary verbs (should, is, can), pronouns. Morpho syntax varies across languages but structure effects meaning! Acoustic correlates clause boundaries pauses, change in syllable duration, and pitch contours. Study juscyk want to find if kids can pick up on acoustic correlates. Inserted pauses at clause (coincident) ending or middle (noncoincident). Even at 4. 5 mos at this time they start to listen and break speech into clauses (only with ids) Study mandel has condition one has sentences condition two has citations then make changes.

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