UCLA LING 1 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE COURSE
REVIEW
◉ linguistic performance.
Answer: what actually comes out of your mouth
◉ prescriptive grammar.
Answer: rules that the speaker must follow
◉ descriptive grammar.
Answer: rules that speakers actually use
◉ universal grammar.
Answer: principles that characterize all grammars
◉ signed languages parameters.
Answer: - shape of hand
- place of articulation
- movement
- palm orientation
- facial expressions
,◉ localization.
Answer: cognitive abilities are localized to specific parts of brain
◉ dichotic listening.
Answer: - simultaneously play two distinct sounds into each ear
- report hearing only one sound, almost always the sound from the
right ear
- evidence for strong left hemisphere preference for auditory
processing
◉ split brain patients.
Answer: - visual stimulus presented in left visual field
- cannot give linguistic response but can correctly draw what was
seen
◉ wada test.
Answer: - anesthetize left hemisphere of brain
- patient asked to identify object in left hand
- cannot give linguistic response but can identify picture of object
◉ aphasia.
, Answer: disruption of language abilities due to brain injury
◉ Broca's aphasia.
Answer: - speech is broken and halted (telegraphic)
- words make some sense, but structure incorrect
- agrammatic aphasia
- semantics okay, syntax not okay, comprehension mostly okay,
writing not okay
- leave many functional morphemes out of speech but includes
lexical morphemes
◉ Wernicke's aphasia.
Answer: - speech fluent but doesn't make much sense
- grammar usually not affected
- problems with word choice and meaning
- semantic aphasia
- semantics not okay, syntax okay, comprehension not okay, writing
not okay
◉ specific language impairment (SLI).
Answer: - children have normal IQ and normal ability in all other
areas, only linguistic ability and often only specific aspects of
grammar are impaired
REVIEW
◉ linguistic performance.
Answer: what actually comes out of your mouth
◉ prescriptive grammar.
Answer: rules that the speaker must follow
◉ descriptive grammar.
Answer: rules that speakers actually use
◉ universal grammar.
Answer: principles that characterize all grammars
◉ signed languages parameters.
Answer: - shape of hand
- place of articulation
- movement
- palm orientation
- facial expressions
,◉ localization.
Answer: cognitive abilities are localized to specific parts of brain
◉ dichotic listening.
Answer: - simultaneously play two distinct sounds into each ear
- report hearing only one sound, almost always the sound from the
right ear
- evidence for strong left hemisphere preference for auditory
processing
◉ split brain patients.
Answer: - visual stimulus presented in left visual field
- cannot give linguistic response but can correctly draw what was
seen
◉ wada test.
Answer: - anesthetize left hemisphere of brain
- patient asked to identify object in left hand
- cannot give linguistic response but can identify picture of object
◉ aphasia.
, Answer: disruption of language abilities due to brain injury
◉ Broca's aphasia.
Answer: - speech is broken and halted (telegraphic)
- words make some sense, but structure incorrect
- agrammatic aphasia
- semantics okay, syntax not okay, comprehension mostly okay,
writing not okay
- leave many functional morphemes out of speech but includes
lexical morphemes
◉ Wernicke's aphasia.
Answer: - speech fluent but doesn't make much sense
- grammar usually not affected
- problems with word choice and meaning
- semantic aphasia
- semantics not okay, syntax okay, comprehension not okay, writing
not okay
◉ specific language impairment (SLI).
Answer: - children have normal IQ and normal ability in all other
areas, only linguistic ability and often only specific aspects of
grammar are impaired
