PSYB57H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Phoneme, Parsing, Linguistic Relativity

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It is essential for knowledge and culture itself. It is one of our main ways to communicate to others (written, oral etc) It is beneficial (not harmful) to children to teach multiple languages in childhood. The ability to switch between languages carry over. Thoughts become sounds (we think of something, then we say it) Sounds become thoughts (we hear something, then think about it) The organization is composed of: (1) sentence: a sequence of words (2) words: smallest free form (3) morpheme: smallest unit of meaning (4) phoneme: smallest meaning of sound phoneme -> morpheme -> word -> phrase -> sentence. Each level is composed of the other sub-levels. The production of phonemes is made by modulation of air by the mouth and nose. Non-vibration (s, t, p ,f) (2) manner of production. Restriction (z, s, v, f) (3) place of articulation. Where in the mouth the air is restricted. Tongue behind upper teeth (d, t, z, s)