Exam 28: A: Language and Thought

The English language has ________ letters than phonemes, and the consonant phonemes generally carry ________ information than the vowel phonemes.

When older people with hearing loss must expend effort to hear words, they have a(n) ________ capacity to comprehend them and a(n) ________ capacity to remember them.

Which of the following best illustrates productive language?

When English-speaking Canadian children were taught only in French during their early school years, researchers found that they experienced a(n)

Imagining a physical experience activates some of the same ________ that is (are) also active during the actual experience.

Children begin to demonstrate that they know how to put words in a sensible order during the ________ stage.

If our capacity to form concepts depends on our verbal memory, this would best illustrate

The smallest speech units that carry meaning are called

A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver, "Can you please a ride to the airport me give?" This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ________ of the English language.

After she suffered a stroke, Mrs. Jacobitz had so much difficulty speaking that she had to communicate by writing. This suggests that her brain damage occurred in

Which linguistic theorist was most impressed by the underlying similarities of all human language systems?

Word meaning is to word order as ________ is to ________.

People can simultaneously process many aspects of sensory information such as color, depth, movement, and form. This best illustrates the function of multiple

In the words "lightly," "neatly," and "shortly," the "ly" ending is a(n)

Left hemisphere damage to Wernicke's area is most likely to contribute to

Leland's language does not distinguish between "family love" and "romantic love," so he has difficulty realizing that he deeply loves his sister. Which of the following is most relevant to Leland's difficulty?

After a skydiving accident, Laurie was unable to make sense of other people's speech. It is likely that she suffered brain damage to

Bilingual people have a somewhat ________ vocabulary in each language than do people who speak a single language, and bilingual people are ________ able to inhibit their attention to irrelevant information than are monolingual people.

Those who learn sign language as teens never become as fluent as children exposed to sign language from birth. This best illustrates the importance of ________ for mastering language.

Chimpanzees are capable of learning to