Grant Clay Period 3 10/11/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 8: Language & Thought Red ? Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions Cognition ? Mental Processes; Thinking. Language: Turning Thoughts into Words Language ? Consists of Symbols that Convey Meaning, Rules for Combining those Symbols that can generate Messages. Language is Symbolic, Generative, and Structured. The Structure of Language Language has a Hierarchal Structure. Phonemes ? Smallest Speech Units in a Language that can be Distinguished Perceptually. About 100 Different Phonemes/Sounds. Sound. Morphemes ? Smallest Units of Meaning in a Language. Word. Root Words, Pre-Fixes, and Suffixes
Language and Thought
Grant Clay Period 3 10/11/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 8: Language & Thought Red ? Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions Cognition ? Mental Processes; Thinking. Language: Turning Thoughts into Words Language ? Consists of Symbols that Convey Meaning, Rules for Combining those Symbols that can generate Messages. Language is Symbolic, Generative, and Structured. The Structure of Language Language has a Hierarchal Structure. Phonemes ? Smallest Speech Units in a Language that can be Distinguished Perceptually. About 100 Different Phonemes/Sounds. Sound. Morphemes ? Smallest Units of Meaning in a Language. Word. Root Words, Pre-Fixes, and Suffixes
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