Module 36: Thinking and Language

The theory that language determines how we think.

• linguistic determinism

• confirmation bias

• language acquisition device

• misinformation effect

The loss of ability to understand or express speech, most often caused by brain damage, is known as

• aphasia

• split-brain

• lesion

• universal grammar

Wernicke's area allows you to

• produce language

• understand language

Broca's area allows you to

• produce language

• understand language

Noam Chomsky believed that all humans are born with the ability to learn and acquire language. He calls this ability

• language acquisition device

• telegraphic speech

• linguistic determinism

• babbling stage

Who is most likely to use telegraphic speech?

• babies

• teenagers

• adults

• psychics

______________ are the smallest SOUND units in a language.

• Phonemes

• Morphemes

• Grammar

• Semantics

______________ are the smallest units that carry MEANING in a language.

• Phonemes

• Morphemes

• Grammar

• Semantics

______________ is the system of RULES of a language .

• Phoneme

• Grammar

• Syntax

• Morpheme

_________________ refers to the ordering of words in a sentence.

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Grammar