Language

Question 1

Name four aspects of language.

Answer 1

Phonology
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics

Question 2

What is the top-down effect in language perception?

Answer 2

Hearing something that isn’t physically there, through context or expectation. An example is the phonemic restoration effect.

Question 3

What does the McGurk effect illustrate?

Answer 3

The multimodal perception of language - what we see influences what we hear

Question 4

Are grammar difficulties associated with Broca’s or Wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 4

Grammar difficulties are associated with Broca’s aphasia

Question 5

Are semantics difficulties associated with Broca’s or Wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 5

Semantics difficulties are associated with Wernicke’s aphasia

Question 6

What is the poverty of the stimulus argument?

Answer 6

The argument that some aspects of language must be innate, as the stimuli experienced by a child are not enough to account fro the complexity learnt