PSYCH 1F03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Foreign Accent Syndrome, Frontal Lobe, Split Infinitive
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Communication is not limited to words and language. No other species of animal except humans use language. Symbolic: stimuli are sounds in the form of words, stimuli aren"t concrete examples but representations, ability to refer to concepts even if not in environment. Arbitrary associations: word used to represent is not constrained by any characteristics, words are made up and arbitrary, allow languages to use different sounds to label same item, onomatopoeia: word takes on natural sound (exception) Productive: small number of components to produce and understand wide range of symbols, limited rules applied in limitless ways, combine symbols to express novel meaning. Rule-governed: combinations of phonemes must follow combined set of rules, depends on language. Countered by the thinking for speaking" theory: we think about and pay attention to stimuli based on how we conceptualize them through language. Words or make up words to make sense. Rules about how they can be combined. Combinations of letters can make new phonemes.
