Psychology Ms Badalucco Examining the Structure of Language Kasschau Richard A 2008 Understanding Psychology New York New York McGraw Hill Do Now Do you ever talk to yourself ID: 280051
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Examining the Structure of Language
PsychologyMs. Badalucco
Examining the Structure of Language
Kasschau
, Richard A. (2008)
. Understanding Psychology.
New York, New York: McGraw HillSlide2
Do Now
Do you ever talk to yourself?Why do you think you do this?
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What is Language?
Language is a system of communication that involves using rules to make and combine symbols in ways that produce meaningful words and sentences.
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Phonemes
Phonemes are the smallest unit of sound in human language.Examples include: i
, e, ch, ck,
sh
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Morphemes
A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning.
Morphemes can be a word, a letter (s), a prefix (
un-certain)
or a suffix (
-
ly
as in
slowly
)
Love
Learn
Walk
LovesRelearnWalked
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Phonemes and Morphemes
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FEARLESSNESSSlide7
Syntax
Syntax refers to rules for combining words into meaningful phrases or sentences to express thought and that can be understood by others.Boy small bike large rode.
The small boy rode a large bike.
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Practicing Syntax
Put the following sentences in a logical order. Be sure to think about syntax!Store I to meet a to friend went Judy and the.
Oldest world the today Russia lives person in the in.
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Semantics
The study of meaning of morphemes, words, sentences and context is semantics.“A
mind is a terrible thing to waste.”“Do you
mind
if I sit next to you?”
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Activity
You will write two letters to a friend.You must write on letter to describe a recent event that had a happy ending.You will write a second letter to describe the same event, only it ended badly.
When you are done, you will swap letters and highlight the words that are positive and the words that are negative.
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Summary
Do you think syntax has changed? Can you give me an example?
Examining the Structure of Language