By William B. McGregor
1) Linguists and psycholinguists agree that language forms a separate cognitive module, distinct from all other cognitive modules.
True False
2) The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis consists of two components, linguistic relativity and linguistic determinism.
3) Which of the following best describes linguistic determinism?
The idea that the structure of the language you speak is determined by the way you think about the world. The notion that the structure of the language you speak is correlated in some way with the world view of speakers. The idea that the structure of the language you speak determines the way you think about the world. The notion that the grammatical structures found in a language are determined by human genetics.
4) Which of the following best describes linguistic relativity?
The idea that the structure of the language you speak is determined by the way you think about the world. The notion that the structure of the language you speak is correlated in some way with the world view of speakers. The idea that the structure of the language you speak determines the way you think about the world. TThe notion that the grammatical structures found in a language are not determined by human genetics.
5) Dan Slobin's version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis holds that the structure of the language we speak influences the way we think for speaking, including the types of phenomena we pay attention to when planning what to say.
6) Investigations of colour terms in various languages and cultures have revealed which of the following?
Disproof of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Proof of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Proof of Slobin's modification of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Evidence of some correlations between colour terminology and cognition about colour.
7) Which of the following outcomes would you expect if you did the categorical perception experiment described in p.185 with a speaker of a language such as Thai, with three bilabilal stop phonemes differing in VOT /p/, /pʰ/ and /b/.
Two points rather than one at which a switch from one sound to another was perceived. The same results as in English, namely one point at which the sound was perceived to change. The same results as expected in Warrwa -- no perceived difference in the sounds. No expectations -- it is unscientific to make guesses.
8) Garden pathing reveals which of the following?
That parsing begins after the entire sentence has been heard. That speech perception is categorical. An error has occurred in speech production. That parsing begins before the entire sentence has been heard. That speech comprehension is entirely bottom-up.
9) Speech comprehension is both bottom-up and top-down.
10) Evidence from slips-of-the-tongue reveals that speech production cannot be phoneme-by-phoneme, or word-by-word.
11) Spoonereisms attest to the psychological reality of the syllable.
12) Which of the following transposition errors is unexpected given the discussion of the text (transposed items are in bold):
pightly tacked packly tigheted tighkly pated tighted packly
13) In which type of aphasia are the most severe difficulties in comprehension of speech?
Broca's Wernicke's Anomic Conduction
14) The cerebral cortex is constituted by several million neurons.
15) In most people the left hemisphere is dominant for language processing.
16) Is it true that evidence from aphasia is consistent with localisation of language functions, but does not imply localisation?
Yes No
17) Which type of aphasia is characterised by problems in repeating speech?
18) Conduction aphasia typically results from lesions where?
Broca's area Arculate fasciculus Cerebellum No particular place Wernicke's area
19) Which of the following gives good information on timing of brain activity, but poor information on its location:
Wada test fMRI PET EEG MRI
20) Is the evidence concerning localisation of speech functions from modern brain imaging in general argeement with the evidence from aphasic studies?
21) In dichotic listening tasks most people display which of the following:
Left ear advantage Right ear advantage No particular advantage to either ear
22) The available evidence suggests that language processing is localised in the brain to at least some degree.
23) Which brain area is generally believed to be most strongly associated with speech production:
Brain stem Broca's area Wernicke's area Sylvian fissure Arculate fasciculus
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