PSYC 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Stellar Magnetic Field, Proto-Indo-European Language, Hemoglobin

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 340
• Professor: Debra Ann Titone

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Set of symbols and rules that allows us to communicate. Problems arise when comparing with other systems of. Due to various complications of this sort, formal definition is difficult. Morphology: study of words and word formation. Inflectional morphology: combination of units that does not change the word"s category nor its meaning. Derivational morphology: combination of units that changes category. Phonology: study of how sounds used in a language. Smallest unit of grammar that can stand on its own as a complete utterance, separated with spaces in written language . A word can be analyzed at various levels. Lowest level: the letters and sounds making up the word. Can be analyzed in terms of morphemes it contains. The lexicon where mental representations of words stored (mental dictionary) Contains all information of a word, including sound, meaning, written appearance, and syntactic roles it can adopt. Recognizing a word similar = accessing this lexicon.