Reisberg: Chapter 10 – Language

Reisberg: Chapter 10 – Language

Reisberg: Chapter 10 – Language

•   What  is  a  morpheme?    What  is  the  difference  between  a  bound  morpheme   and  a  free  morpheme?

•   What  is  a  phoneme?

•   While  producing  a  sound  what  is  voicing?    What  is  manner  of  production?

What  is  place  of  articulation?

•   What  factors  make  speech  perception  difficult?

•   What  is  categorical  perception?    How  does  categorical  perception  make

speech  perception  easier?

•   What  is  syntax?

•   What  are  phrase  structure  rules?    You  should  be  able  to  parse  a  very  simple sentence  that  contains  a  NP  and  a  VP.

•   How  does  extralinguistic  context  help  one  parse  a  sentence?

•   What  is  the  function  of  Broca’s  area?    Where  is  it  located?    Describe  the  type of  aphasia  you  see  when  Broca’s  area  is  damaged.

•   What  is  the  function  of  Wernicke’s  area?    Where  is  it  located?    Describe  the type  of  aphasia  you  see  when  Wernicke’s  area  is  damaged.

•   What  is  an  overregularization  error?

•   How  can  language  influence  thought?