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What is the difference between a phoneme and a morpheme? A phoneme is the smallest unit of ____ and a morpheme is the smallest unity of ____ in language

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sound, meaning

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It is a characteristic of Broca's Aphasia and it is the difficulty comprehending or employing grammatical devices. What is this called?

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agrammatism

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It is a characteristic of Broca's Aphasia and it is the difficulty recalling appropriate terms to describe objects, actions, or attributes. What is this called?

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anomia

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It is a characteristic of Broca's Aphasia and it si the difficulty producing correct sequence of muscular activation for appropriate pronunciation of words. What is it called?

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difficulty in speech articulation

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What are the three characteristics of Broca's Aphasia?

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agrammatism, anomia, difficulty in speech articulation

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Stuttering is more likely to manifest in males or females?

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males

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Name the three acquired dyslexias.

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surface dyslexia, phonological dyslexia, direct dyslexia

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Which dyslexia is the deficit in whole-word reading?

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surface dyslexia

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Which dyslexia is a deficit in phonetic reading

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phonological

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Which dyslexia is effective reading ability but no comprehension of reading material?

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direct

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The key characteristic of _____ involves a primary disturbance in speech production and comprehension

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aphasia

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In order for a difficulty in the production or comprehension of speech to be considered aphasia, the disturbance must develop after ____ _____

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brain damage

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Verbal behaviors are said to be a lateralized function of the left hemisphere in that

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language problems are more likely to be noted after damage to the left rather than the right hemisphere

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The normal rhythm and stress of speech is called

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prosody

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Damage to the ____ hemisphere would result in problems in understanding the ______ content of speech

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right, emotional

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Broca's aphasia involves damage localized within the

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inferior left frontal lobe

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"some" and "the" are examples of what kind of words?

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function

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"apple" and "fail" are examples of what kind of words

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content

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A person with Broca's aphasia would have the most difficulty in saying what kind of words?

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function

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A difficulty in the use of word order, use of function words, and selection of appropriate word endings is termed ______

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agrammatism

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The tip of the tongue phenomenon is most likely to occur in a person with reduced volume of ____ matter in the

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gray, left insular cortex

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The speech deficit known as anomia involves difficulty in choosing the ___ word for a sentance

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right

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The ____ Problem is the difficulty in learning a given secondary language

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L1

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American Sign Language is similar to spoken language in that the left hemisphere is _____ during the interpretation of signs

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activated

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Which of the following is true of stuttering?

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Delayed auditory feedback improves the speech of a stutterer.

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A person who suffers from ____ ____ cannot read, but can recognize words spelled aloud

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pure alexia

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____ dyslexia refers to a reading difficulty that results from brain damage after the person has learned to read

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acquired

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The key deficit noted in conduction aphasia is the inability to

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repeat non words

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An accent generally cannot convey which sort of information about a particular speaker?

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level of intelligence

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The term used to refer to an impairment of writing is

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dysgraphia

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Language is typically housed in which hemisphere of the brain?

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left

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What type of words are noun, verbs, and adjectives? They convey meaning (visualize, sharp, hurriedly)

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content

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What type of words are prepositions and articles? They have little meaning.

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Function

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Appropriate sentence construction is called

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grammar

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A subset of grammar, the word order in a sentence

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syntax

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The stress and rhythm in speech that is difference across cultures is called

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prosody

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What is aphasia caused by

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brain damage

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____ is the impairment in the ability to program movements of the tongue, lips, and throat

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apraxia

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What phenomenon is when ordinary people have difficulty thinking of a word that they are sure they know

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Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon

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What is the comprehension of the meaning of spoken sounds called

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speech comprehension

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_____'s Aphasia is receptive and often say words that don't make sense, don't know they are saying the wrong words, etc

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Wernicke's

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What is the ability to hear/speak/read/write without the ability to comprehend the meaning of speech called

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pure word deafness

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What type of aphasia is the comprehension of word meaning/conversion of thoughts to words

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transcortical sensory aphasia

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What type of aphasia is characterized by the inability to repeat words

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conduction aphasia

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Difficulty learning a second langue is called the

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L1 Problem

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What is the inability to recognize voices called

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phonagnosia

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List the 5 types of dyslexias?

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acquired, developmental, surface, phonological, direct,

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List the 4 types of aphasia

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Broca's, Wernicke's, Transcortical Sensory Aphasia, conduction, anomic

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