Psychology 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Specific Language Impairment, Language Disorder, Baby Talk

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

Document Summary

Natural language any language spoken on a daily basis by a community. Generativity the degree to which a language is able to generate a large number of novel patterns &structures from a small number of primitives and rules. Phonology concerned with the sound patterns of language &the rules for combining sounds into words. Phonemes the smallest units of sound that create differences in meaning. Semantics tells us not only meanings of individual words but also how words combine to convey larger meanings. Lexicon the set of words that a person knows. Grammar knowledge of syntax &other rules beyond those governing relations between. Syntax a set of rules concerning how words are combined into sentences words. Pragmatics how we use language to convey our intended meaning w/in a particular social: eg. Relations between elements inside words context &how we figure out others" intended meanings.