Memory and Language-Lecture 10

Question 1

Syntax

Answer 1

the rules that determine which sentences are acceptable

but we already need meanings to determine if sentances are acceptable

Question 2

Sentence Meaning

Answer 2

Need Semantic STM for sentence meaning
Retains items that are not yet integrated into the sentence meaning (ex. if an adjective is used before the subject, semantic STM retains the adjective)

Question 3

Prototypes Theory

Answer 3

A theory of Categorisation (a way to help us know what a word means)

• Summary representation
• assumption: the prototype actually exists in memory
• prototype has all the essential features
• unimportant features are not included in the prototype

Question 4

Exemplar theory

Answer 4

A theory of catergoisation

-Use similarity between stored exemplars to ategorise new objects (no prototype to compare to)