PSYC 2290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mutual Exclusivity, Fast Mapping, Pragmatics

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2290
• Professor: proulx

Document Summary

Phonology: sounds of the language: phonemes. Morphology: rules of meaning: morphemes, bound and free morphemes (free = run, bound = ing) Grammar: rules of the structure of language: syntax: the rules of how words are combined. Pragmatics: the use of language to communicate effectively. 1 year distinguish phonemes native to own language. Pay more attention to words they often hear and to words at ends and beginnings of sentences. 8-11 months stress syllables and change pitch. 6 months try to reproduce sounds they hear. Naming explosion: at about 18 months children learn new words at a very fast rate. Holophrase: using a gesture and a word together to represent a two word sentence. Fast mapping: ability to connect new words to their meanings. Environment: exposure to language: quality and quantity, exposure to good grammar, reading: participatory reading. Referential style of learning: vocabularies consist mainly of words that name things. Expressive style of learning: vocabularies contain more social phrases.