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Mental representations
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Include images, ideas, concepts, and principles
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Psycholinguistics
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Is the scientific study of psychological aspects of language
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Syntax
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The rules that govern the order of words
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Semantics
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The meaning of words and sentences
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Generativity
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Means that the symbols of language can be combined to generate an infinite number of message that have novel meaning
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Displacement
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Refers to the fact that language allows us to communicate about events and objects that are not physically present
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Surface structure
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Consists of symbols that are used and their order
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Deep structure
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Refers to the underlying meaning of the combined symbols
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Phoneme
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The smallest unit of speech sound in a language that can signal a difference in meaning
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Morpheme
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The smallest units of meaning in a language
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Discourse
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The most comprehensive level in which sentences are combined into paragraphs, books, conversation, etc.
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Bottom up processing
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Individual elements of a stimulus are analyzed and then combined to form a unified perception
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Top down processing
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Sensory information is interpreted in light of existing knowledge, concepts, ideas, and expectations
( Bean Store is read as Bread Store) |
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Speech segmentation
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Perceiving where each word within a spoken sentences begins and ends
(We hope you have a good day = We ho pew ha va nice day) |
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Pragmatics
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A knowledge of the practical aspects of using language
(not using slang when sending an email to a professor) |
