Relevant terminology and Background on Language
The basic unit of spoken language
What is a phoneme?
Arguably the most influential theorist in 20th-century linguistics
Who is Noam Chomsky
Difficulty communicating typically as a result of damage to the brain caused by a stroke or tumor
What is aphasia?
The basic unit of meaning
What is a morpheme?
Chomsky's most influential work and key component of language
What is syntax?
The area of the brain where Broca's is located
What is the front/left hemisphere of the brain?
The study of morphemes
What is morphology?
Chomsky argued that it can exist independently of semantic knowledge
What is knowledge of grammar?
Brain affliction characterized by expressive-language deficit-or trouble producing language
What is Broca's Aphasia?
Our organized knowledge about the world
What is semantic memory?
Representing words that are actually spoken or written
What is surface structure?
Severe problems with language comprehension in which, a person cannot understand basic instructions
What is Wernicke's Asphasia?
Our knowledge of social rules
What is pragmatics?
Two sentences having identical surface structures but very different deep structures
What is an ambiguous sentence?
The area of the brain where Wernicke's is found
What is the middle side of the brain?