2. LANGUAGE Flashcards
LANGUAGE
FORM OF COMMUNICATION THAT USES SYSTEMATIC SYMBOLS AND RULES
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE
PROPERTIES OF LANGUAGE
-: SYMBOLIC AND STRUCTURED( RULES)
SOUNDS, SIGNS, GESTURES
THAT CREATE MEANGINGFUL COMMUNICATION.
THESE ARE OUR MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS
PROPS OF LANGUAGE; SYNTAX
rules that govern the order of words/LETTERS
PROPS OF LANGUAGE; SEMANTICS
THE MEANING OF WORDS AND SENTENCES, ONCE LEARNED YOU CAN FORM AND TRANSFER MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE MEANING
-CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT MEANING
PROPS OF LANGUAGE; GENERATIVITY
COMBINE SYMBOLS TO GENERATE INFINITE MESSAGES IE THE ALPHABET
PROPS OF LANGUAGE; DISPLACEMENT
CAN COMMUNICATE ABOUT THINGS NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT
-DIFFERENT EVENTS/OBJECTS
-PAST AND FUTURE EVENTS, CURRENTLY EXIST OR HYPOTHETICAL
2 TYPES OF STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
SURFACE STRUCTURE, DEEPMSTRUCTURE
SURFACE STRUCTURE
WAYS SYMBOLS ARE COMBINED; SYNTAX; GRAMMAR
DEEP STRUCTURE
UNDERLYING MEANING OF COMBINED SYMBOLS; SEMANTICS
HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
PHONEMES;
MORPHEMES;
MORPHEME
EX) PRE, UN, S, THE
-COMBO OF PHONEMES, CREATES/INDICATES SMALLEST UNIT OF MEANING
DISCOURSE
COMBINING SENTENCES INTO LARGER FORMATS; BOOKS, SPOKEN COMMUNICATION, ESSAYS
PRODUCING LANGUAGE; THE ROLE OF BOTTOM UP PROCESSING
INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF A STIMULUS ARE COMBINED TO FORM A UNIFIED PERCEPTION
EX) PHONEMES –>WORDS
-WE RECOGNIZE A WORD FROM ASSOCIATING A SYBMBOL TO A MEANING
UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE; TOP-DOWN PROCESSING
SENSORY INFORMATION IS INTERPRETED IN LIGHT OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE, CONCEPTS, IDEAS AND EXPECTATIONS
EX) HANGMAN, MENTAL STEPS ARE THE FRAME WORK TO INTERPRET STIMULI
-LANGUAGE IS OVERALL A TOP DOWN PROCESS BECAUSE OF PRE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE