PSYO 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Function Word, Surface Roughness, Deep Structure And Surface Structure

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 111
• Professor: Dr Mark Holder

Document Summary

Language: a system for communicating with others using signals that are combined according to rules of grammar and convey meaning: allows individuals to exchange information about the world, coordinate group action, and form strong social bonds. Grammar: a set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages. Phonological rules: indicate how phonemes can be combined to produce speech sounds. Morphemes: the smallest meaningful units of language. Morphological rules: indicate how morphemes can be combined to form words: content morphemes refer to things and events. !1: function morphemes serve grammatical functions such as tying sentences. Tuesday, november 3, 2015 together or indicating time. Deep structure: the meaning of a sentence. Surface structure: how a sentence is worded. Children learn language at an astonishingly rapid rate. Children make few errors while learning but overgeneralizing, grammatical rules they"ve learned.