PSYC 3290 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Notes
15 Apr 2016
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Introduction: internal lexicon the representation of words in permanent memory. When a given word in our lexicon has been found, the properties we associate with the word become available for us i. e. meaning of the word, spelling and pronunciation. Lexical access process by which we activate the meanings of the word. Dimensions of word knowledge: phonological knowledge. Part of word knowledge is the phonological structure or pronunciation of words. Homophones words that are spelled differently but sound alike (bear and bare) Tip of to tongue phenomenon (tot) not successful at retrieving a particular word but can remember something about how it sounds: syntactic knowledge. Open class words (content words ie. nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) Closed-class words (function words, i. e. determiners pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections) Agrammatism patients that omit closed class words, while still preserving open class words: morphological knowledge. Morphemes are the smallest unit of meaning in a language. Some words consist of just a single morpheme.
