PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Paul Broca, Jane Goodall, Noam Chomsky

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jennifer Steeves

Document Summary

Organization of language: sounds phonemes morphemes words sentences meaning, phonemes - phonemes are sets of basic sounds (smallest set of sounds) that are the building blocks to all spoken language. Don"t convey meaning when used in isolation. In a frequency graph, we can see that words close together seem as a cluster of energy: thus it is hard to identify word transitions in speech. Speech recognition systems require slow, paused speech. Non-native speakers can have trouble understanding phonemes and transitions: grammar the rules of language. The boy hit the ball vs. the boy hitted the ball . The boy hit the ball vs. the ball hit the boy : semantics controls the meaning. The boy hit the ball vs. the boy went to the ball : deep meaning the underlying ideas based on context and culture. He: who is he: when things go wrong in understanding. Translation errors based on alternative word meanings.