语言学练习EX6.pptVIP

Exercises 6 I . Fill in the blanks. 1. The localization of cognitive and perceptual function in a particular hemisphere of the brain is called _____. lateralization (单侧化） 2. The brain is divided into two roughly symmetrical halves, called _____, one on the right and one on the left. hemispheres I . Fill in the blanks. 3. The most important part of the brain is the outside surface of the brain, called the _____ cortex（皮层）. cerebral（大脑的） 4. Lying under the skull, the human brain contains an average of ten billion nerve cells called _____. neurons（神经元） I . Fill in the blanks. 5. The left hemisphere may be dominant for more than the phonetic structure of language. In fact, the left hemisphere may be dominant for a number of nonlinguistic functions. Besides having a superior capacity for processing _____ ordered stimuli and programming complex motor（运动的） sequences such as playing a violin, the left hemisphere is believed to be specialized for _____. temporally; associative thought I . Fill in the blanks. 6. Psychological research suggests that the two hemispheres differ in the manner in which they treat incoming stimuli, the right hemisphere processing stimuli _____ (as wholes) and the left _____ (by parts). holistically; analytically I . Fill in the blanks. 7. In addition to the motor area which is responsible for physical articulation of utterances, three areas of the left hemisphere are vital to language: _____ area, _____ area and angular _____. Broca’s; Wernicke’s; gyrus（脑回） I . Fill in the blanks. 8. The acts of comprehending and producing language are performed within the constraints of our information processing system. This system consists of three structural components: sensory stores, _____ memory, and _____ memory, along with a set of control processes that govern the flow of information within the system. working; permanent I . Fill in the blanks. 9. Of particular importance to speech and language function is the massive transverse（横向的）fiber tra