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- PSY360 · Week 4
This quiz covers key concepts in linguistics and psychology of language, including criteria for language, phonology, semantics, and speech perception. It is for Week 4 of the PSY360 module.
What's inside
- Criteria for a communication system to be a language
- Branches of linguistics
- Semantics and sentence meaning
- Speech perception and context
- Sentence comprehension and ambiguity
Who it is for: Students taking the PSY360 module, preparing for a quiz on language and communication. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Language and communication are studied from a psychology perspective. Students get a set of questions about linguistics and how people understand speech and text.
Language criteria
Criteria for what makes a communication system a language are discussed. Students answer questions about these criteria.
Linguistics branches
Different branches of linguistics are named. Students match these branches to their descriptions.
Speech and text comprehension
How people understand speech and text is explored. Students answer questions about studies of these processes.
Language and the brain
The brain's role in language is considered. Students answer questions about brain areas involved in language.
Key terms
- phonology
- The study of how sounds combine in a language.
- semantics
- The branch of linguistics that studies meaning.
- syntax
- The set of rules that governs sentence structure.
- lexical ambiguity
- A word having more than one meaning.
- Broca’s area
- A brain area involved in speech production.
- Whorf’s linguistic relativity hypothesis
- The idea that language affects thought.
Questions this document helps with
- What are the criteria for a communication system to be a language?
- How do people understand speech?
- What brain areas are involved in language?
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