PSY 3136 Midterm: PSY3136 Complete Midterm Notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3136
• Professor: Christopher Fennell

Document Summary

January 12th, 2017: studying language development and background pp. Language is the systematic and conventional use of sounds or signs and written symbols, for the purpose of communication and self expression. Phonology is the sound system of a language. Lexicon is the body of words one individual knows. Morphology is the system for combining units of meaning (words and parts of words, such as adding an -ed, -ing, -es). Pragmatics is the knowledge that underlies the use of language as needed for communication. Knowledge that allows the socially appropriate use of language is sociolinguistics. Communication: i. intentional communication emerges before one year: conversation-like responses increase at two years, can tell stories by 3. Phonology: vocal play, followed by canonical babbling before one year ii. reorganization and consolidation of phonological representations at 1. 5 years, phonetic inventory completion after two years, phonology awareness grows for the rest of your life.