PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Oneword, Pragmatics, Emma Stone
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What is language: a set of symbols used for communication, creative/ generative, effortlessly create new sentences, structured, regularities of language (eg. grammar, meaningful, each word represents an idea, communicative, speech for ourselves, directed at and around others. Daddy = man: underextensions general word but child restricts to specific cases, ex. Interactionalists: cognitive, social communication, behaviourists, learn through direct reinforcement/punishment (skinner) 2 and puberty: limitations, account of grammar and its development is limited, adults can learn, and do so effectively, interactionist, language is used/learned in a social context, biological contribution supports language learning, ex. What parents say influence what baby"s first words will be. Wernicke"s area: broca"s aphasia: difficulty producing speech (phonemes, know what you want to say but cannot physically say it, wernicke"s aphasia: difficulty understanding speech (using morphemes, what they say does not make sense. They have mental representations (for objects & events: syntax (grammar) issues.
