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Alexia
Ans: The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain
injury.
Apasia
Ans: Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
Articulation
Ans: The act or manner of producing sounds.
Echolalia
Ans: Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
Hyperlexia
Ans: The superior ability to reads words without
comprehension.
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Lexicon
Ans: An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or
written. EX: dictionary, encyclopedia
Otitis Media
Ans: Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to
temporary conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
Receptive Language Disorder
Ans: The inability to understand or comprehend language
heard or read.
Expressive Language Disorder
Ans: The inability to put thoughts into words or sen tences in
ways that make sense and is grammatically correct.
Phonology
Ans: Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex: Cat=3
phonemes (c) (a) (t).
Syntax
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Ans: The grammar system of language. The way words are
strung together. Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences,
clauses or phrases.
Semantics
Ans: Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination = last
stop
Discourse
Ans: Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex: Formal
writing, a speech.
Morphology
Ans: The smallest unit of language that convey meaning. Ex:
Root words
Pragmatics
Ans: Incapable of understanding the speakers intent (requests
and tones) Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not
yes.
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Alphabetic Language
Ans: A language in which letters are used systematically to
represent speech sounds.
Alphabetic Principle
Ans: The use of letters and letter clusters to represent
phonemes in an orthography. (spelling)
Anglo Saxon
Ans: The language of the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons
and Jutes) who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. It
was the dominant language in Britain until the Norman
Conquest in 1066.
Analytic Instruction
Ans: Instruction that separates the whole into its part s to
reveal its relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down) (Concept
driven)
Analytic Phonics
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