PSYC 2650 Study Guide - Final Guide: Phrase Structure Rules, Visual Perception, Mental Rotation
12 Apr 2014
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Average american high school graduate knows about 45,000 different words. Speaker needs to know word"s sound, sequence of phenomene"s that make up the word. Also knows word"s orthography- sequence of letters making up printed version of word. Must know how to use word within various phrases governed by rules of syntax. Speaker needs to know the meaning of a word; must have semantic representation for word to go with phonological representation, connecting meaning to sound. Words used to name objects and things around us. Word"s referent is what the word is referring to. Know referent of bird, know what bird means. Key differences between words referent and its meaning. Some things have no referent because they refer to things that do not exist. Reference can be temporary or matter of coincidence. President of united states changes but meaning of phrase stays the same. Can also understand words meaning if one understand relevant concepts.
