PSY210H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7-12: Coparenting, Intellectual Disability, Takers
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Language a communication system in which words and their written symbols combine in various, regulated ways to produce and infinite number of messages. Communicative competence the ability to convey thoughts, feelings, and intentions in an organized, culturally patterned way that sustains and regulates human interactions. Phonology the system of sounds that a particular language uses. Phoneme any of the basic units of a language"s phonetic system; phonemes are the smallest sound units that affect meaning. Semantics the study of word meanings and word combinations, as in phrases, clauses and sentences. Grammar the structure of a language; made up of morphology and syntax. Morphology the study of a language"s smallest units of meaning or morphemes. Morpheme any of a languages smallest units of meaning, such as a prefix, suffix or a root word. Syntax the subdivision of grammar that prescribes how words are to be combined into phrases, clauses and sentences.
