ENG511 Midterm Quiz

ENG511

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Maha Malik

1. Which of the following types of memory is pivotal for effecting language processing. (preserved working memory; long-term memory; integrated memory; short term memory)
2. The hierarchical network models suggest that semantic memory is organized into 2 categories, the first being nodes which is referred a major concept, such as an animal or BIRD.
3. Metaphor consist of THREE main parts
4. predominate in our retention of sentence (meaning; surface structure; deep structure; form)
5. A error occurs when morphemes are switched (morphemes; allophone)
6. Production of speech is a process (complex; medium; simple)
7. Conversation follows a proper structure that consist of PARTICIPANTS opening & closing
8. Cross linguistic studies enables us to explore BOTH UNIVERSAL AND PARTICULAR APECTS OF LANGUAGE
9. A child kept away from civilisation is called child (feral; motherese)

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our brain store the for later (INFORMATION)

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Initially parsing is performed by a Module. (syntactic)

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Numerous studies shows that predominates in our retention of sentences. (meaning)

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conversational settings Conversational process. (shape)

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The timeframe of babbling is Months. (6 till 9 months)

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In the context of recognition,prasodic fectors provide a source of stability in (Perception)

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Initially parsing is performed by a ............... Module. (SYNTACTIC)

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Numerous studies shows that predominates in our retention of sentences. (MEANING)

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Conversational settings............ Conversational process. (SHAPE)

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The timeframe of babbling is ............... Months. (4 MONTH)

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In the context of recognition, prosodic fectors provide a source of stability in ............... (PERCEPTION)

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The term Psycholinguistics was coined in 1936 by Jacob Robert Kantor.

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Perception of continuous speech is different from our perception of individual words

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Figurative language is language that literally means one thing but is taken to mean another.

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Numerous studies show that meaning predominates in our retention of sentences.

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For Building Global Structure ,we need to consider what aspect of performance is being.

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Every conversation has a topic development phase which is framed by opening and closing phrase.

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Until the early part of their second year, infants communicate with their world primarily in nonverbal ways.

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Pre-operational stage is Toddler and Early Childhood.

1. Long-term memory is divided into semantic memory and ___________memory. (episodic)
2. We are not able to store more than seven words in our working memory. (False)
3. Our ____________ memory deals with personally experienced facts. (episodic)
4. The memories related to our childhood are the part of our _______________ memory. (semantic)
5. Connectionism is _________________ (Parallel processing)
6. Semantic memory holds general knowledge, whereas episodic memory stores our experience from our personal perspective. (incorrect)
7. In _____________________ information at the higher levels may influence processing at the lower levels. (top-down processing)
8. We receive auditory information, convert it into a neural signal and process the phonetic feature information. (Bottom-up)
9. Speech production is a product of nature and nurture. (Correct)
10. When we use stored information about language and the world to make sense of the speech, it is a _________________ process. (Top-down)
11. The phonetic segment is converted into a phoneme, and phonological rules are applied to the sound sequence. (Phonological level)
12. According to motor theory, infants can hear certain phonetic distinctions well before they are able to produce them. (True)
13. The perception of continuous speech, clearly indicates that word recognition is influenced by prosodic factors such as stress and intonational patterns. (True)