PSYC 2500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Baby Talk, Voice-Onset Time, Text Segmentation
28 Nov 2016
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Chapter 6: development of language and symbol use. Comprehension: understanding what others say (sign or write). Production: actually speaking (or signing or writing). All languages have similar components and share overarching similarities. Generativity: the idea that through the use of the finite set of words and morphemes in humans" vocabulary, we can put together an infinite number of sentences and express an infinite number of ideas. Phonological development: the acquisition of knowledge about the sound system of a language. Morphemes: the smallest units of meaning in a language, composed of one or more phonemes: dog is one morpheme. Semantic development: the learning of the system for expressing meaning in a language, including word learning. Syntax: rules in language that specify how words from different categories (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on) can be combined: lila ate the lobster is different than the lobster ate lila. Syntactic development: the learning of the syntax of a language.
