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Reisberg: Chapter 10—Language
• What is a morpheme? What is the difference between a bound morpheme and a free morpheme?
• What is a phoneme? • While producing a sound what is voicing? What is manner of production?
What is place of articulation? • What factors make speech perception difficult? • What is categorical perception? How does categorical perception make
speech perception easier? • What is syntax? • What are phrase structure rules? You should be able to parse a very simple
sentence that contains a NP and a VP. • How does extralinguistic context help one parse a sentence? • What is the function of Broca’s area? Where is it located? Describe the type
of aphasia you see when Broca’s area is damaged. • What is the function of Wernicke’s area? Where is it located? Describe the
type of aphasia you see when Wernicke’s area is damaged. • What is an overregularization error? • How can language influence thought?