PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Allen Newell, Noam Chomsky, Metalinguistic Awareness

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

Document Summary

Language consists of symbols that convey meaning, plus rules for combining those symbols, that can be used to generate an infinite variety of messages. Language is: symbolic, semantic and generative: the structure of language. Phonemes smallest speech units in a language that can be distinguished perceptually. Morphemes and semantics: morphemes smallest units of meaning in a language, semantics area of language concerned with understanding the meaning of words and word combinations. Syntax system of rules that specify how words can be arranged into sentences: milestones in language development. Refining language skills: largest strides in language in their first 4-5 years, metalinguistic awareness the ability to reflect on the use of language, learning more than one language: bilingualism. Bilingualism acquisition of two languages that use different speech sounds, vocabulary and grammatical rules. Does learning two languages in childhood slow down language development: no, recent research suggests that learning two languages can facilitate the acquisition of a third language.