PSYC 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dialog Tree

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 336
• Professor: Appleton-Knapp

Document Summary

Phrase-structure rules a constraint that governs what elements must be contained within a phrase and, in many languages, what the sequence of those elements must be. Specify the overall organization of the sentence. Determine how the various elements are linked to one another. Can be depicted with a tree structure. Used to indicate hierarchical relationships among the words in a phrase or sentence. Prescriptive rules rules describing how things are supposed to be instead of how they are. Languages change with the passage of time. What"s proper in one period is often different at other times. Reflects only the habits and preferences of a particular group at a particular time. Usually by groups with high prestige or social standing. Descriptive rules rules that simply describe the regularities in a pattern of observations, with no commentary of whether the pattern is proper , correct or desirable . Rules characterizing the language as it"s ordinarily used by fluent speakers and listeners.