LING 100 Week 14
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LING 100. Fall 2023
Week 14.
Group members:
1. A split-brain patient whose language centers are in the left hemisphere of the brain is a
subject in a dichotic listening task. In their left ear, they hear the word “bar”. In their right
ear, they hear the word “tar”. If they are asked what word they heard, what will they
report? Why?
They would hear tar because there language/hearing center is located in the
left side hemisphere and hemisphere’s normally connect ipsilaterally.
Bonus: what would a non-split-brain patient hear?
Both
2. In American Sign Language (ASL), some facial gestures serve a linguistic purpose. A
native speaker of ASL named Gail had damage to Broca’s area of the brain. After the
damage, Gail is able to make affective facial gestures (e.g., smiling, frowning) but does
not make linguistic facial gestures (i.e. Using a facial expression to mark a relative
clause). Why would this be the case? What does this tell us about Broca’s area?
It tells us
that the Broca’s area also has connections to the mouth movements and more than just
speech control. It also has ties to linguistic features that we naturally take for granted as
humans.
3. For each speech error - categorize it based on the errors we discussed in class
(anticipation, perseveration, spoonerism, morphological shift, metathesis...):
（
1
）
You have wasted the whole term → You have tasted the whole
worm
anticipation
（
2
）
a reading list → a leading list
Spoonerism
（
3
）
annotated bibliography → annotated babliography
perseveration
（
4
）
bedbugs → budbegs
metathesis
（
5
）
easily enough → easy enoughly
Morphological Shift
4. Explain the “observer’s paradox” in your own words. Is it possible to avoid the observer’s
paradox?
When you as an observer/researcher are actively seen watching your subjects
they will usually act in a way that doesnt offer back the best/most accurate results due to
actively being aware of the experimenters. You can avoid this with experiments that allow
this subjects to give their data anonymously perhaps.
5. Imagine you are running some linguistics experiments and need to choose what
methodologies to use. Examine each pair of methods below and identify one pro and one
con for each method.
A.Spectral analysis // Electropalatography (EPG)
Pro: Offers insights into articulatory patterns by recording the contact between the tongue
and the palate during speech.
Con: May be invasive or uncomfortable for participants, potentially influencing natural
speech production.
B. Sociolinguistic Interview // Ethnography
Pro: Provides a holistic understanding of language use in natural contexts, considering
social and cultural factors.
Con: Time-consuming and may not yield data on specific linguistic features in as much
detail as controlled interviews
C. Self-paced reading // Event-related potential (ERP)
Pro: Provides a holistic understanding of language use in natural contexts, considering
social and cultural factors.
Con: Time-consuming and may not yield data on specific linguistic features in as much
detail as controlled interviews.
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