Language Basics
What is the smallest unit of spoken language?
What is a phoneme?
What type of aphasia is characterized by hesitant speech and difficulty producing language?
What is Broca’s aphasia?
What makes sentences containing negatives harder to comprehend?
What is they require more processing time and are more prone to misinterpretation?
What is the difference between a morpheme and a phoneme?
What is a morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, while a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound?
What brain area is typically associated with language comprehension, and what is the related disorder?
What is Wernicke’s area and Wernicke’s aphasia?
Give an example of a sentence using passive voice and explain why it’s harder to understand.
What is "The goat was pet by Stan" — passive voice is harder because it's less direct and less familiar?
What part of language involves knowledge of social rules and context in communication?
What is pragmatics?
Which hemisphere is more involved in understanding emotional tone and humor in language?
What is the right hemisphere?
What is a nested structure, and why is it challenging for readers?
What is a sentence within a sentence that strains working memory and makes comprehension harder?
According to Chomsky, what distinguishes deep structure from surface structure in sentences?
What is deep structure refers to the underlying meaning, and surface structure refers to the actual spoken or written form?
What is the mirror system, and how does it relate to language comprehension?
What is a network of neurons that activate when observing actions, helping us interpret gestures and body language in communication?
What kind of ambiguity occurs in the sentence: “The lady hit the man with an umbrella”?
What is syntactic ambiguity?
What is the cognitive-functional approach to language?
What is a theory that emphasizes the function of language in conveying meaning, and how cognitive and social skills influence language use?
What is the language localizer task, and why is it useful in neurolinguistics research?
What is an fMRI task that maps out language-related brain regions for each individual, helping identify where language is processed?
What was the main finding of Tanenhaus et al. (1995) regarding syntactic ambiguity?
What is that visual context can influence how we interpret ambiguous sentences in real time?