PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Korean Language, Speech Segmentation, Video Lesson

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Psych 1x03: regular it is governed by rules and grammar. A sentence can be reorganized and still retain its meaning because a system of rules detail how each word its with fits with the ones around it: arbitrary. Eg/ there is nothing about the word cat to indicate that it refers to a furry animal with whiskers and a tail. If the sounds we used to identify an object had to relate or describe that object in some way, it would not make sense to call the same object a cat in english and a goyangee in korean. Productive there are almost limitless ways to combine words to describe objects, situations and actions. According to the whorf-sapir hypothesis this tribe would have trouble understanding fine numerical concepts because the language lacks words for these fine distinctions. Peter gordon asked members of the tribe to match group of objects according to how many items were in each group.

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