Slips
Saying another word when you intended to say something else.
slip of the tongue
What is multilingualism?
A person's ability to communicate actively using more than one language
Which side of the brain hemisphere is responsible for speech?
left hemisphere
What is the most common spoken language in the world? (as of 2023)
English (with 1.45 billion speakers)
The term used to describe damage to a specific area of the brain that controls language expression and comprehension
Aphasia
"my favorite fong" is considered what type of slip?
slip of the brain (perseveration)
What is neurolinguistic?
Study of the relationship between language and the brain.
Which area/cortex that generally controls movement of the muscles (for moving hands, feet, arms, etc) ?
motor cortex
What makes the language of prairie dogs so complex?
They have different warning calls depending on the type of predator and also construct sentences describing what a particular predator looks like
("a medium, rectangle-shaped dog with yellow fur")
What type of language disorder: "I can't talk all of the things I do, and part of the part I can go alright, but I can't tell from other people".
Wernicke's aphasia
Slip of the Tongue sometimes called as?
spoonerism
What is the official language of Egypt?
Arabic
What is the anterior speech cortex?
Broca's area
What were B. F. Skinner's two main ideas in relation to language development?
associative principles and operant conditioning
A much less common type of aphasia associated with damage to the arcuate fasciculus.
Conduction aphasia