Thought and Language - Lecture One

Question 1

Phoneme definition

Answer 1

Phoneme is a single unit of sound that changes meaning. Phonemes differ between languages.

Question 2

How many phonemes in the English language?

Answer 2

About 40

Question 3

Morpheme definition

Answer 3

Morphemes are the smallest language units that carry meaning

Question 4

What are the two types of morphemes

Answer 4

Bound and unbound morphemes

Question 5

Unbound morphemes examples

Answer 5

Lecture, book, cat, I, for

Question 6

Bound morphemes examples

Answer 6

s, ed, un

Question 7

Content words

Answer 7

Words that carry the meaning of the sentence e.g. Lecture, book, cat

Question 8

Function words

Answer 8

Words that are used to create sentences e.g. and, to, I

Question 9

What does semantic processing rely on?

Answer 9

Content words; nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs

Question 10

What does syntactic processing rely on?

Answer 10

Function words; pronouns, prepositions, conjunctives

Question 11

Syntax

Answer 11

Refers to the structure of language; phrases and sentences. Syntax is cued by word orders and word classes.

Question 12

Surface structures

Answer 12

Organisation of words at a surface level

Question 13

Deep structures

Answer 13

Meaning of the sentence