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Psycholinguistics
1)   11)   ………..attempts to have a model that explains how language is processed in our brain

           (a) sociolinguistics                   (b) syntax                    (c) psycholinguistics    (d) phonetics    

2)   The …………. hemisphere is the "logical brain"

                       (a)  right          (b) central                    (c) left                         (d) brain    

3)   The ………….. hemisphere is the "creative brain,"

                       (a)  right          (b) central                    (c) left                         (d) brain    

4)  Brain-injured patients with damage to the …………….hemisphere would lose power of speech and language abilities

                       (a)  right          (b) central                    (c) left                         (d) brain    

5)   The …….cortex is the part of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for processing visual information.

           (a) Wernicke's area               (b) Broca's area                     (c) auditory                (d) visual   

6)  The ……….cortex in the cerebral cortex processes auditory information and as part of the sensory system for hearing       

           (a) Wernicke's area               (b) Broca's area                     (c) auditory                (d) visual   

7)  ……….is an area in the frontal lobe of the brain that is related to the production of speech   

           (a) Wernicke's area               (b) Broca's area                     (c) auditory                (d) visual


Vocabulary Development  

1)   Are we going to be saved …….by our oil supplies?

           (a) economic                (b)  economically         (c) economy                (d) economical   

2)  The ………..of the most important port of the country eliminated all trade.

           (a) blockade                (b) block                      (c)  blocking    (d) blocks   

3)  Make sure the hairdryer is …………before you fix the switch.

           (a) connected              (b)  disconnected        (c) connect                  (d) disconnection   

4)  Without his teacher’s ………….he would have given up long ago.

           (a)  discourage       (b) encourage           (c) discouragement    (d)  encouragement  

5)  Dickens’s last novel was …….The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

           (a) titles           (b) entitlement                (c)   title                    (d)  entitled  

6)  She’s a specialist in psychology and human…………….

           (a)  behaving               (b) behaves                  (c) behave                    (d) behavior    

7)   There’s a ………contrast between what he does and what he says.

           (a) stroke         (b)   strikes                  (c) striking                   (d) strike   

8)   The party turned out to be a huge ………….

            (a) disappointment                   (b)  disappoint                         (c) appointment           (d) appoint 



Language and Culture

1. The strong version of linguistic relativity has been known as ………….

a. culture          b. thought          c. linguistic determinism            d. linguistic competence

2. The hypothesis that language creates categories of thought is responsible for the attitudes and beliefs that constitute what we call …………..

a. culture          b. thought          c. linguistic determinism            d. linguistic competence

3. The best known formulation of the relation of language, thought, and culture

is that captured by Sapir and Whorf under the term ………..

a. culture          b. thought          c. linguistic determinism            d. linguistic relativity

4. Language is a guide to ……….

 a. language acquisition    b. social reality    c. determinism         d. linguistic relativity

5. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality without ……………….

a. language            b. social reality         c. determinism                  d. linguistic relativity

6. Western linguists were ……… to suggest that the social context might influence the way people speak and think.

 a. careful          b. careful not             c. determined       d. resolved

7…….distance is used for very confidential communication

a-personal                    b-social            c-intimate                     d-public

8…..means having a preconceived idea of what something is

a-time             b-feedback                  c-bias                d-communication style

9…….is one of the dimensions of culture which refers to how direct we communicate

a-time                          b-feedback      c-bias                d-communication style

10. A message is explicit in ……..cultures

a- high-context             b-low-context              c-biased           d-masculine

11.Arab culture is ……. culture

a- high-context             b-low-context              c-biased           d-masculine

12. Directness is seen as bold in ……..cultures  

a- high-context             b-low-context              c-biased           d-masculine

 


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