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10 Cards in this Set
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What is a word |
Sound/meaning pairing |
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How many words are there? |
Estimate 250,000 +/- 50,000 |
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Components of words |
1. Sounds 2. Meaning |
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Components of sounds |
Phonemes: unit of sound (e.g. th, sh) - English has 40 Vowels: air not blocked, classified by shape of mouth Consonant: air is blocked |
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Language is generative and infinite |
Unlimited number of sentences |
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What is syntax? |
Rules that underlie how words and word parts can be combines to make grammatical sentences |
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Types of syntax |
Bigrams: words that follow other words N-grams: pattern of n words in a row Long distance dependencies: words at end of sentences depends on word at the start |
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What is semantics? |
How meaning emerges from words and sentences. Semantics and syntax are separable from each other |
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Language is compositional |
Meaning of phrase is not a random mixture of individual elements Dog bite man vs man bite dog |
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Pragmatism |
Usage of language in CONVERSATION that goes beyond semantics and syntax |
