Blast from the Past
Words to Know
The ABCs of Language
Computer Processing of Human Language
Language Processing and Human Brain
100
the analysis of the structure of phrases and sentences
What is syntax
100
"picture writings" used for communicating.
What is pictograms
100
The process in which one has the ability to acquire and use spoken language is called.
What is the ABCs of Language
100
These are two sides of computational phonetics and phonology
What is speech recognition and speech synthesis
100
This surface of the brain is often referred to as "gray matter"
What is the cortex
200
The study of the characteristics of speech sounds
What is phonetics
200
This study has been an important area of research in understanding the relationship between the brain and language.
What is aphasia
200
some languages use this, which is two letters put together to represent a single sound
What is diagraphs
200
This is the computer analysis of a vast corpus of microblogs known as tweets.
What is twitterology
200
It is suggested that perception and comprehension must involve both of these processes.
What is top-down processing and bottom-up processing
300
the study of the systems and patterns of speech sounds in language
What is phonology
300
This is the subfield of linguistics and computer science that are related to the interactions of the human language and computers
What is computational linguistics
300
Most alphabetic systems today derive from this system.
What is Greek system
300
In this field the concern is not only how to make standard dictionaries but also how to build electronic dictionaries
What is computational lexicography
300
This hypothesis claims that language is biologically based and that the ability to learn a native language occurs within birth to middle childhood.
What is critical-age hypothesis
400
the analysis of the structure of words
What is morphology
400
Speech errors in which sounds or words are exchanged or reversed occur in this
What is spoonerism
400
In the past 100 years, Dutch, French, Norwegian, and Russian have undergone this
What is spelling reforms
400
Trademarks, interpreting legal terms, and speaker identification are a part of this
What is computational forensic linguistics
400
Anomic aphasics suffer form an extreme form of this phenomenon.
What is tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
500
the study of the meanings of words, phrases, and sentences
What is semantics
500
Korean alphabet is named this
What is Hangul
500
This system is based on a artificially constructed alphabet that looks real
What is pseudo-writing
500
To achieve this a computer tries to find concepts in its semantic representation that fit the words and structures of the input
What is speech understanding
500
This is characterized by labored speech and certain kinds of word-finding difficulties. Which occurs after damage to this area of the brain.
What is Borca's aphasia