PSYC 2650 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aphasia, Bootstrapping (Linguistics), Visual Acuity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

At basic level, involves translating thoughts into series of sounds that can be spoken. Listener then converts series of sounds back into thoughts. Language has a hierarchical organization that allows these translations between thought and sound. Sentence coherent sequence of words that express meaning. Word smallest free form in a language. Morpheme smallest unit of sound that can carry meaning. Phoneme smallest unit of sound that can distinguish words. This organization is hierarchical because sentences are composed of words, words are composed of morphemes, and morphemes are composed of phonemes. Produced by modulating flow of air from lungs to the mouth and nose, can be classified according to features. Whether vocal folds vibrate z, d, b, v. Whether air is fully stopped b, p, d, t. Where in the mouth the air is restricted: Tongue behind upper teeth d, t, z, s. Speech perception is complicated by the fact that there are no gaps in between phonemes or words.