PSYC 1010 Chapter 8: chapter 8

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Cognition: refers to the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge. Language: consists of symbols that convey meaning, plus rules for combining those symbols, that can be used to generate an infinite variety od messages. Phonemes: the smallest speech units in a language that can be distinguished perceptually. English language is composed of about 40 phonemes, corresponding roughly to the 26 letters of the alphabet plus several variations. Morphemes: the smallest units of meaning in a language. 50000 english morphemes which include root words as well as prefixes and suffixes: single morphemes ex. Fire, guard, friend: combination of morphemes: unfriendly. Semantics: the area of language concerned with understanding the meaning of words and word combinations. Syntax: a system of rules that specify how words can be arranged into sentences. Simple rule of this: a sentence must have both a subject and a verb.

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