语言学第十二章.ppt

语言学第十二章
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Chapter 12 Language and Brain
Neurolinguistic is the study of the relationship between brain nd the examination of the behaviour associated with the brain
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Chapter 12 Language and Brain
Psycholinguistics is the study of language processing. It is connerned with the processes of language comprehension and production.
Psycholinguists seek to discover the nature of the mental representatnions that serve the functions of language comprehension and production and the nature of the cognitive operations and computation that are employed when we understand and produce language.
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Chapter 12 Language and Brain
1. The motor area within the brain is responsible for _________
A. speech production B. comprehension of speech
C. converting a visual stimulus into an auditory form and vice versa D. physical articulation of utterances
2. Psycholinguists are particularly interested in_________
A. brain lateralization B. linguistic lateralization
C. both A and B. D. neither A nor B
3. Human linguistic ability largely depends on_________
A. human vocal cords B. the structure of the human brain
C. the dynamics of the human brain D. human tongue
E. human vocal tract
4. A typical language development caused by trauma or injury may take some acquisit