PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Universal Grammar, Morpheme, Babbling

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Martha Savage

Document Summary

Lecture 24 language sections 32. 1, 2, and 3. Phoneme in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit. Uttering bat as b, a, and t or chat as ch, a, t (3 phonemes) Morpheme in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix) Usually combination of 2 or more phonemes. Includes prefixes and suffixes (pre- in preview, or the ed that shows past tense) Grammar in a language, a system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others. Semantics the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also the study of meaning. Ie: added ed to laugh means that it happened in the past. Syntax the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language. Ie adjectives usually come before nouns, so we say white house (in english at least)