Psychology 1000 Final: CHAPTER-9

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Shelley Cross- Mellor

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Language is defined as a system of symbols (and rules for combining them) which can generate an infinite number of possible messages and meanings. List and briefly describe the 5 properties of language. 1 symbolic (choosing a word for a ceratin thing i. e. , chicken) I. e. words/sounds/signs don(cid:495)t usually look or sound like the represented object (cid:523)e. g. (cid:498)dog(cid:499)(cid:524) 2 structured (cid:523))t needs to make sense and flow. Ball boy girl green the the the to kicked. 3 conveys meaning (cid:523)the word chicken only means chicken. Once people know the symbols and rules, they can communicate ideas, thoughts i. e. )(cid:495)m not just babbling to myself i can describe my inner thoughts, and you can understand my meaning: generative. Generative and displacement primates can u symbolism fairly well. Phonemes most basic unit of speech sounds (ah, aye, for the letter a ) Changing a phoneme changes the meaning of a word.