An impaired use of language is known as:

Related Mcqs:

1. Impaired language comprehension following a stroke would most probably be diagnosed as ________________?

   A. dyslexia
   B. aphagia
   C. Wernicke’s
   D. Broca’s aphasia

2. Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?

   A. innate capability index
   B. innate surface structure ability
   C. prosody index
   D. language acquisition device

3. A hypothesis concerning the role of language is shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought is called:

   A. legal- rational authority
   B. Sapir- Whorf hypothesis
   C. Routine activities theory
   D. None of these

4. Phonemes are the smallest units of______in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of_______in language.

   A. sound; syntax
   B. meaning; syntax
   C. syntax; meaning
   D. sound; meaning

5. Pervez has profound difficulty producing spoken language. if his problem attributable to brain damage would probably be found in:

   A. the cerebellum
   B. Sperry’s area
   C. Broca’s area
   D. Wernicke’s area

6. Deaf people who use sign language typically:

   A. have a smaller corpus callosum than hearing persons
   B. demonstrate greater mathematical competence than hearing persons
   C. process language in their left cerebral hemisphere
   D. recognize facial expressions of emotion with their left rather than their right cerebral hemisphere

7. Psychologists who specialize in the study of language are called ______________?

   A. psycho-grammarists
   B. psycholinguists
   C. psycho-metricians
   D. morphemologists

8. All of the following represent components of natural language use except for:

   A. Syntax
   B. Pragmatics
   C. Mnemonics
   D. Semantics

9. Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

   A. the number of times they hear a given word
   B. their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents
   C. the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly
   D. an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules

10. Learning of culture language is a Process associated with:

    A. Environment
    B. Heredity
    C. Law of similarity
    D. Law of modification