LING 1010 TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
First Human language
call system, proto-language (pre language), proto-world (first language, UG),
language superfamilies, language families
William's Syndrom supports a claim
language and general intelligence are independent capacities
Epigenetic development properties
properties influenced by environmental factors interacting with the DNA and modifying gene
expression through 'tags'
Bickerton's Proto language
Human language as it exists today evolved on top of a simpler primitive language system
double dissociation between language and intelligence
language is not simply the result of high intelligence, likely a specialized cognitive ability
monozygotic twins
identical genes
the study of animal communication systems reveals
non human species have communication systems that are partly or fully innate
Bird calls vs. bird songs
, calls are simple whereas songs are complex, called are innate whereas songs are sometimes
learned
dichotic listening experiments show
language organs are located in the left hemisphere
Human knowledge is somehow represented by specific connections between brain cells
True
Neurons
Connections arise spontaneously in great numbers during the first two years of life, some
connections strengthen while others fade, experience (nurture) leads to selections from the
neuronal connections that the genes (nature) have allowed to exist
Nativists claim:
Some neural connections arrive and stay without the influence of any experience,
these correspond to universals (principles)
Specific Language Impairment
no apparent cause, language capabilities are separate from non language capabilities,
KE family: gene abnormality on chromosome 7 in FOXP2
Specific Language Elevation
heightened language abilities, Williams Syndrome, Savants
William's Syndrome
language and general intelligence are independent capacities, intelligence is low, friendly and
talkative
Lateralization
brain has 2 distinct hemispheres each with specific functions not found in the other half, left is
responsible for language, studying split brain patients, dichotic listening
DETAILED VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
First Human language
call system, proto-language (pre language), proto-world (first language, UG),
language superfamilies, language families
William's Syndrom supports a claim
language and general intelligence are independent capacities
Epigenetic development properties
properties influenced by environmental factors interacting with the DNA and modifying gene
expression through 'tags'
Bickerton's Proto language
Human language as it exists today evolved on top of a simpler primitive language system
double dissociation between language and intelligence
language is not simply the result of high intelligence, likely a specialized cognitive ability
monozygotic twins
identical genes
the study of animal communication systems reveals
non human species have communication systems that are partly or fully innate
Bird calls vs. bird songs
, calls are simple whereas songs are complex, called are innate whereas songs are sometimes
learned
dichotic listening experiments show
language organs are located in the left hemisphere
Human knowledge is somehow represented by specific connections between brain cells
True
Neurons
Connections arise spontaneously in great numbers during the first two years of life, some
connections strengthen while others fade, experience (nurture) leads to selections from the
neuronal connections that the genes (nature) have allowed to exist
Nativists claim:
Some neural connections arrive and stay without the influence of any experience,
these correspond to universals (principles)
Specific Language Impairment
no apparent cause, language capabilities are separate from non language capabilities,
KE family: gene abnormality on chromosome 7 in FOXP2
Specific Language Elevation
heightened language abilities, Williams Syndrome, Savants
William's Syndrome
language and general intelligence are independent capacities, intelligence is low, friendly and
talkative
Lateralization
brain has 2 distinct hemispheres each with specific functions not found in the other half, left is
responsible for language, studying split brain patients, dichotic listening
