PSYCH 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Phonological Development, Morpheme, Critical Period

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 140
• Professor: Alison Gopnik

Document Summary

Phonemes: the elementary units of meaningful sound used to produce languages. 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. Semantic development: the learning of the system for expressing meaning in a language, include word learning. Syntax: permissible combinations of words from different categories can be combined (order of the word) Syntactic development: the learning of the syntax of a language. Pragmatic development: the acquisition of knowledge about how language is used. Critical period of language: the time during which language develops readily and after which (sometime between age 5 and puberty) language acquisition is much more difficult and ultimately less successful. Infant prefer listening to human voice than artificial voice. Critical period for language: the time during which language develops readily and after that, language acquisition is much more difficult and ultimately less successful (5-puberty)