PSYC-105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Whole Language, Confirmation Bias, Functional Fixedness
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Arbitrary system of communication that combines symbols, such as words or gestural signs, in rule-based ways to create meaning. Allows for communication of information, as well as social and emotional functions. Four levels of analysis that must coordinate: phonemes, morphemes, syntax, extralinguistic information. Categories of sounds our vocal apparatus produces. Probably around 100 total, each language only uses a subset of them. The smallest units of meaning in a language. Convey information about semantics meaning derived from words and sentences. Can be full words ( dog ) or modifiers ( re -): don"t think of this in terms of syllables, a and i are both phonemes and morphemes. The set of rules of a language by which we construct sentences. Includes word order, morphological markers and sentence structure. Real world language rarely follows this completely. Colourless green ideas sleep furiously noam chomsky: this follows all the rules of syntax but does not make any sense, no semantics.
