Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: American Sign Language, Communication, Noam Chomsky

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas

Document Summary

50 000 in english, root words, prefixes, suffixes. Syntax a system of rules for arranging words into sentences (differ by language) Bottom-up processing recognizing sounds &letters that combine to form words. Top-down processing language is interpreted in terms of knowledge &expectations o. He went to the matinee too at two o"clock . Pragmatics knowledge of practical aspects of language and social rules. 6 months babbling sounds begin to resemble surrounding language. Similar cross-culturally words for parents: receptive vs expressive language. Smaller vocabs in 1 language, combined vocabularies average: higher scores for middle-class bilingual subjects on cognitive flexibility, analytical reasoning, selective attention &metalinguistic awareness o o. Sight disadvantage in terms of language processing speed. Second languages more easily acquired early in life: great acculturation facilitates acquisition. Nativist (chomsky: biologically equipped to learn rules of language o. Interactionist: both innate &learned aspects o o. Social communication theories emphasize function of language &social context.