PSYCH 240 Study Guide - Final Guide: Phrase Structure Grammar, Garden Path Sentence, Freudian Slip
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Simple sentences can be difficult to comprehend. Hear sound identify words, sentences comprehend meaning: how you extract meaning. Sentence phrases words morphemes phonemes. Phoneme: smallest unit of speech sound. Morpheme: smallest unite that with a definable meaning of grammatical function. Word: combination of one or more morphemes. Phrase: organized grouping of words/ the building blocks of sentences. (the french bottle) (smells) bottle= noun. Sentence: group of phrases conveying meaning. Words symbolize concepts: dog image of a dog. Meanings of sentences: words must be grouped into phrases, appropriate meaning assigned not just by words in isolation. That dog, he owes me money! vs. i"m in the dog house . Noam chomsky: set stage for contemporary study of language, studied how words & phrases translate into meaning. Way to map the structure of a sentence. Rules specify in what order and combinations these roles can occur. Problems w/ relying on phrase structure alone: 1.
