Language and Cognition

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What is the main focus of psycholinguistics?

  • The study of language via computational methods
  • The production and comprehension of language (correct)
  • The structure and change of language
  • The relationship between social behavior and language

What distinguishes language as 'arbitrarily symbolic'?

  • It creates an arbitrary relationship between a symbol and what it represents (correct)
  • It has a structure with patterned arrangements of symbols
  • It is used for communication with multiple people
  • It involves the left perisylvian cortices for English speakers

What does neurolinguistics study?

  • The relationship between social behavior and language
  • The study of language structure and change
  • The relationships among the brain, cognition, and language (correct)
  • The study of language via computational methods

What does sociolinguistics primarily focus on?

<p>The relationship between social behavior and language (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of language being regularly structured?

<p>Only particularly patterned arrangements of symbols have meaning (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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