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