chapter 12: language and the brain

what does Neurolinguistics mean?

• used right hemisphere of her brain to acquire a language
• Tùy the time from birth to puberty during which normal first language acquisition can take place
• The study of the relationship between language and the brain.
• an experiment in which a listener hears two different sounds simultaneously, each through a different earphone

''a part of the brain in the left hemisphere involved in speech production'' is described

• Broca’s area
• Wernicke’s area
• Motor cortex
• Arcuate fasciculus

''a part of the brain in the left hemisphere involved in language comprehension'' is described

• Broca’s area
• Wernicke’s area
• Motor cortex
• Arcuate fasciculus

''a part of the brain that controls muscle movement'' is described

• Broca’s area
• Wernicke’s area
• Motor cortex
• Arcuate fasciculus

'' a bundle of nerve fibres connecting Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area in the left hemisphere of the brain '' is described

• Broca’s area
• Wernicke’s area
• Motor cortex
• Arcuate fasciculus

'' the belief that specific aspects of linguistic ability have specific locations in the brain '' is described

• The Localization View
• Wernicke’s area
• Motor cortex
• Arcuate fasciculus

Definition of ''tip of the tongue phenomenon''?

• a speech error in which one word is used instead of another with a similar beginning, end and number of syllables

• a speech error in which a sound or word is produced in the wrong place

• a slip of the tongue in which two parts of words or two words are switched

• the experience of knowing a word, but being unable to access it and bring it to the surface in order to say it

Definition of '' Malapropism ''?

• a speech error in which one word is used instead of another with a similar beginning, end and number of syllables
• a speech error in which a sound or word is produced in the wrong place
• a slip of the tongue in which two parts of words or two words are switched
• the experience of knowing a word, but being unable to access it and bring it to the su

Definition of '' Slip of the tongue ''?

• a speech error in which one word is used instead of another with a similar beginning, end and number of syllables
• a speech error in which a sound or word is produced in the wrong place
• a slip of the tongue in which two parts of words or two words are switched
• the experience of knowing a word, but being unable to access it and bring it to the su

Definition of '' spoonerism ''?

• a speech error in which one word is used instead of another with a similar beginning, end and number of syllables
• a speech error in which a sound or word is produced in the wrong place
• a slip of the tongue in which two parts of words or two words are switched
• the experience of knowing a word, but being unable to access it and bring it to the su