C.A.L.T Exam Study Guide questions with correct answers

Alexia The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain injury. Apasia Impairs the ability to speak and understand others. Articulation The act or manner of producing sounds. Echolalia Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone. Hyperlexia The superior ability to reads words without comprehension. Lexicon An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or written. EX: dictionary, encyclopedia Otitis Media Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to temporary conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss. Receptive Language Disorder The inability to understand or comprehend language heard or read. Expressive Language Disorder The inability to put thoughts into words or sentences in ways that make sense and is grammatically correct. Phonology Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex: Cat=3 phonemes (c) (a) (t). Syntax The grammar system of language. The way words are strung together. Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences, clauses or phrases. Semantics Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination = last stop Discourse Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex: Formal writing, a speech. Morphology The smallest unit of language that convey meaning. Ex: Root words Pragmatics Incapable of understanding the speakers intent (requests and tones) Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not yes. Alphabetic Language A language in which letters are used systematically to represent speech sounds. Alphabetic Principle The use of letters and letter clusters to represent phonemes in an orthography. (spelling) Anglo Saxon The language of the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. It was the dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066.