Mar
5
2009
by admin on March 5, 2009
Yesterday we discussed the initial exposure to the sound stimulus and phonemes. Today we are going to talk about how the brain turns the phonemes into words via our mental lexicon so let’s get to it… Decoding of a word’s meaning with the Mental Lexicon: The processes that we elaborate upon on this series all happen/occur interactively , so keep in mind that they don’t necessarily occur in a specific order once the initial stimulus is experienced. Aside from the necessity of defining what each word is specifically as the initial activation cue, the following functions happen interchangeably and dynamically [...]
Aug
28
2008
by admin on August 28, 2008
Before we get into the thick of things I think we need just a little bit of definition so let’s first define morpho-phonological… “Morpho” is derived from the term morpheme which refers to the smallest linguistic unit that still maintains some meaning. For instance the term “a” can refer to “singular” or to the beginning of “apple”. A morpheme is made up of phonemes, which as a refresher are the smallest linguistic unit and are simply sounds that do not necessarily carry any meaning on their own. Phonological is derived from the term phoneme which is the smallest unit of [...]