PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Phrase Structure Rules, Parsing, Linguistic Universal

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Knowing a word- knowing how to use a word correctly. Correct sentence (1) she placed the books on the table. Sentence (2) is anomalous (deviating from normal or expected) she can place on the table. College graduates know typically double high school graduates. For each word speaker knows pieces of information. The speaker knows the words sound (the phenomes that make up the word). Second the speaker knows orthography (the sequence of letters that spell the word). Third the speaker knows how to use the word in phrases (rules of syntax). Finally speaker knows the meaning of the word (semantic representation) with the phonological representation. This connecting the meaning with the sound. Some words are not understood and can only be understood by identifying relevant concepts. Building new words- individual"s vocabulary are fluid, constantly learning new words that are created. Any setting new clothes design, new genre of music, google searches.