Chapter 12 (Beginning of Exam 3)

Question 1

The meaning of language

Answer 1

Semantics

Question 2

The study of smallest units in a language

Answer 2

Phonology

Question 3

Study of the smallest units of meaning in a language

Answer 3

Morphology

Question 4

Concerned with the structure of sentences; word order and sentence organization

Answer 4

Syntax

Question 5

What 3 things make up form?

Answer 5

Phonology, morphology, syntax

Question 6

What makes up content?

Answer 6

Semantics

Question 7

What makes up use?

Answer 7

Pragmatics

Question 8

Practical use of language with others

Answer 8

Pragmatics

Question 9

Connects the Wernicke’s area to the Broca’s area

Answer 9

Arcuate fasiculus

Question 10

Aphasia where comprehension and fluency would be good, but repetition is poor

Answer 10

Conduction aphasia

Question 11

What is the location of damage for conduction aphasia?

Answer 11

Somewhere along arcuate fasiculus

Question 12

What are 2 things we do to take IN information?

Answer 12

Reading and listening

Question 13

What are 2 things ways we use language to communicate our ideas?

Answer 13

Talking and writing

Question 14

An acquired multimodal disorder of LANGUAGE

Answer 14

Aphasia

Question 15

An acquired disorder of READING

Answer 15

Alexia

Question 16

An acquired disorder of WRITING

Answer 16

Agraphia

Question 17

What is the difference between alexia and dyslexia?

Answer 17

Dyslexia is developmental (can be born with it), alexia is acquired

Question 18

What is the pathway for auditory comprehension of language (6)

Answer 18

Cochlea, cochlear nuclear complex, thalamus, primary auditory cortex, Wernicke’s, Broca’s

Question 19

What is the pathway for visual/reading comprehension (4)?

Answer 19

Eyes, optic nerve, thalamus, visual cortex (cortices)