The term discourse refers to

The term discourse refers to
 
  a. a sentence in which the speaker has made a speech error, and the listener fails to detect this error.
  b. an interchange between two or more people, in which one person tries to convince the listener or listeners.
  c. a series of sentences that describes a sequence of events, organized in terms of the date of occurrence.
  d. language units that are more than a sentence in length.

Question 2

Which of the following students provides the best information about the term embodied cognition?
 
  a. Elizaveta: Embodied cognition proposes that your motor system sometimes reveals your knowledge.
  b. Artur: Embodied cognition means that there is no connection between your mind and your motor system.
  c. Rachel: Embodied cognition is an outdated theory; it proposed that information flows from the sensory receptors to the motor system, and then flows to the cerebral cortex.
  d. Erik: Embodied cognition emphasizes that you can use your body movements to help you learn a new language that you are trying to master.

Question 3

When we speak, we need to produce the words one at a time, which is a difficult task. This aspect of speech production is called
 
  a. linearization.
  b. parallel processing.
  c. the gist of a sentence.
  d. discourse.

Question 4

Imagine that you are about to utter a sentence. If you are currently struggling with the linearization problem, you will have difficulty
 
  a. deciding which words to put first and which to put later.
  b. assigning a linear order to the actor and the person who is acted upon.
  c. discovering the deep structure from the surface structure.
  d. deciding whether to use the active or the passive voice.

Question 5

When people speak to a young baby, their voices show great variation in both pitch and word emphasis. This aspect of speech production is called
 
  a. linearization.
  b. the gist.
  c. syntax.
  d. prosody.