Chapter 8 practice

1. Dean experienced a seizure, during which he was unable to think of the name of things or objects. Dean’s seizure likely resulted in

2. Our tendency to take language for granted was illustrated by the authors with the example of a professor for whom a seizure caused anomia or

3. The ambiguity of language is BEST illustrated by which of the following examples?

Which of the following statements about language is TRUE?

What is the term for the inability to recognize or identify objects, despite having intact sensory abilities?

In the context of language, what does anomia refer to?

Which example BEST demonstrates the limitations of how language can be interpreted?

What is a feature of language as described in the text?

Why was language ambiguity illustrated as a concept in the text?

Based on the text, what does aphasia specifically affect?

From the perspective of language, why may newspaper headlines like “Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years” strike us as funny?

Why is it stated that most languages are arbitrary in the relationship between words and meaning?

In what way is language described as a communication system?

Why might someone find the headline “Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case” humoruous from a language perspective?

What is one non-informational purpose served by much of our language use?

How does our ability to understand 'slang' impact our cognitive load according to the text?