Week 7 - Language Production; Components

• components of language production

  • phonological sound
  • morphology
  • semantic meaning
  • syntactic category
  • syntactic rules
• morphemes = smallest meaningful unit of language

  • can't be further broken down without losing meaning
• phonemes = smallest unit of sound

  • changing phonemes results in a different word
  • individual sounds that form words
• semantic meaning of words = understanding conveyed by individual words or combinations
• syntactic category of words = grammatical classification based on its function within a sentence (e.g. noun)
• syntactic rules = principles governing arrangement and combination of words within a language
• prosody = particular rhythm, cadence, and intonation used when speaking
• prosodic cues = rhythm, stress, intonation that make it easier to work out grammatical structure and meaning

  • e.g. rising intonation in questions