PSYC 334 Final: Study Guide Chapter 9 Review

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 334
• Professor: Martinusvanden Berg

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Language: a shared symbolic system for communication a. b. c. Symbols: sounds that form words and meaningful units that stand for the referent of the word. : sounds and meaning don"t have a connection, but can be used because they are shared. Language is a system for communication: thoughts and ideas can be turned into a public message, vise versa. Competence: internal knowledge of a language and the rules that fluent speakers of that language have. Psycholinguistics: studying language and how it is used and learned by people. Meaning and daily-life example for: a. b. c. d. e. f. Onomatopoeia exception to arbitrariness because it imitates the sound in order to describe it. There is an inherent connection to the sound and word and what it represents/. Arbitrariness makes it important that language is shared because it enables others to understand its meaning and understand what you are saying.