PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: American Sign Language, Functional Fixedness, 18 Months
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What is language: language: consists of symbols that convey meaning, plus rules for combining those symbols, that can be used to generate an infinite variety of messages, language is symbolic, semantic/meaningful, generative, and structured. The structure of language: basic sounds combined into units with meaning, which are combined into words, then phrases, then sentences. Syntax: syntax: a system of rules that specify how words can be arranged into sentences, sentence must have both a subject and a verb. November 14th, 2016: use the word doll to refer only to a single, favourite doll. Learning more than one language: bilingualism: bilingualism: the acquisition of two languages that use different speech sounds, vocabulary, & grammatical rules, half the world is bilingual. Does bilingualism affect cognitive processes & skills: 1. Bilingual children should develop control over executive processes earlier than monolingual children: higher levels of controlled processing on tasks that require control of attention, 2.
