PSYC-1105EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Morpheme, Formal System, Pragmatics
12 Jan 2021
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50 000 in english, root words, pre xes, suf xes. Eg. "s" has meaning beyond being a letter. A system of rules for arranging words into sentences. Phonemes - the smallest distance sound unit in a spoken language. Morpheme - the smallest unit that carries a meaning. It may be a word or part of a word. Grammar is the system of rules in a language that enable us to communicate with and understand others (grammar = semantics + syntax) Semantics is the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences. Syntax consists of the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences. Pragmatics - use of language in a social context. 6 months - babbling sounds begins to resemble surrounding language. Vocal babbling has been assumed to be a speech-based phenomenon. Petite and marentette (1991) found that deaf infants babble manually. Strong similarities between manual and vocal babbling.
