PSYC 3580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Linguistic Prescription, Transformational Grammar, Surface Roughness

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3580
• Professor: Anne Baird

Document Summary

Psycholinguistics is an interdisciplinary field that examines how people use language to communicate ideas. Neurolinguistics is a discipline that examines how the brain processes language. Language is a shared symbolic system for communication. Grammar is a term encompassing both morphology and syntax. Psycholinguistic study of grammar examines both word structure and sentence structure. Syntax is grammatical rules that govern how words can be combined into sentences combining morphemes. A morpheme is a basic unit of meaning in language. The word reactivated contains four morphemes: re-, active, -ate, -ed. A phoneme is the basic unit of spoken language, such as the sounds a, k, and th. Phonology is the sounds of a person"s speech. People who acquire a second language during childhood are more likely to pronounce words like a native speaker of that language, compared to people who attempt to learn that language later in life.