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aphasia
A disorder of language, thought to have neurological causes, in which either language production, language reception, or both are disrupted. TERM 2
Brocas
aphasia
DEFINITION 2 Also calledexpressiveormotor aphasia; symptoms of this organic disorder include difficulty in speaking, using grammar, and finding appropriate words. TERM 3
grammar
DEFINITION 3 A system of rules that produces well formed, or legal, entities, such as sentences of a language. TERM 4
Gricean maxims of cooperative conversation
DEFINITION 4 Pragmatic rules of conversation, including moderation of quantity, quality, relevance, and clarity. TERM 5
informational encapsulation
DEFINITION 5 A property of a cognitive process whereby it functions without drawing on information from other cognitive processes.
informationally encapsulated process
A process with the property of informational encapsulation. TERM 7
lateralization
DEFINITION 7 Specialization of function of the two cerebral hemispheres. TERM 8
lexical
ambiguity
DEFINITION 8 The idea that some words have different meanings; for example,bankcan refer to the side of a river or to a financial institution. TERM 9
linguistic competence
DEFINITION 9 Underlying knowledge that allows a cognitive processor to engage in a particular cognitive activity involving language, independent of behavior expressing that knowledge. Contrast withlinguistic performance. TERM 10
linguistic performance
DEFINITION 10 The behavior or responses actually produced by a cognitive processor engaged in a particular cognitive activity involving language. Contrast withlinguistic competence.
pragmatics
the rules governing the social aspects of language. TERM 17
propositional complexity of a sentence
DEFINITION 17 the number of underlying distinct ideas in a sentence. TERM 18
semantics
DEFINITION 18 the study of meaning TERM 19
story grammar
DEFINITION 19 A structure people are thought to use to comprehend large, integrated pieces of text.See also schema and script. TERM 20
syntax
DEFINITION 20 The arrangement of words within sentences; the structure of sentences.
tachistoscope
An experimental apparatus that allows experimenters to present displays for a controlled and brief amount of time (for example, milliseconds). Sometimes called at-scope. TERM 22
Wernickes
aphasia
DEFINITION 22 Also calledreceptiveorsensory aphasia; symptoms of this organic disorder include difficulty in understanding speech and producing intelligible speech, although speech remains fluent and articulate. TERM 23
Whorfian hypothesis of linguistic relativity
DEFINITION 23 The idea that language constrains thought and perception, so that cultural differences in cognition could be explained at least partially by differences in language.
