- 1. Which of the following brain areas is predominantly involved in language processing?
A) Thalamus
B) Broca's area
C) Cerebellum
D) Hippocampus
- 2. What is the term for the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning in a language?
A) Sememe
B) Morpheme
C) Grapheme
D) Phoneme
- 3. What is the term for the study of the meaning of words and phrases in language?
A) Semantics
B) Syntax
C) Pragmatics
D) Phonology
- 4. Who developed the theory of Universal Grammar, suggesting that humans are born with an innate capacity for language?
A) Steven Pinker
B) Noam Chomsky
C) William Labov
D) Charles Darwin
- 5. The concept that language shapes the way we think and perceive the world is known as what?
A) Linguistic Relativity
B) Sociolinguistics
C) Pragmatics
D) Syntactic Structures
- 6. What is the term for the study of the structure of sentences in a language?
A) Pragmatics
B) Syntax
C) Morphology
D) Phonetics
- 7. What is the term for the process by which sounds are produced to form words in spoken language?
A) Articulation
B) Pitching
C) Intonation
D) Phonation
- 8. What is the term for the study of how words are formed and their relationship to other words?
A) Pragmatics
B) Morphology
C) Phonology
D) Semantics
- 9. Which region of the brain has been linked to understanding and processing the meaning of language?
A) Amygdala
B) Occipital lobe
C) Wernicke's area
D) Frontal lobe
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