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ambiguous sentence

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A sentence that has more than one meaning

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Brocas aphasia

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A language disorder attributed to damage in the frontal lobe of the brain

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deep structure

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The underlying meaning of a sentence

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error recovery heuristic

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A strategy for correcting comprehension errors event related potential

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exchange error

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An error in which two linguistic units are substituted for each other during sentence production

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generative

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The capability to produce many different messages by combining symbols in different ways

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grammar

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A set of rules for producing correct sentences in a language

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high constraint sentence

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A sentence that produces a high expectation for a particular word

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language

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A collection of symbols and rules for combining symbols which can express an infinite variety of messages

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lexical decision task

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A task that requires people to decide whether a string of letters is a word

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low constraint sentence

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A sentence that produces an expectation for a broader range of words

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morpheme

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The smallest unit of meaning in a language

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morpheme exchange

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An error in which two morphemes are substituted for each other during sentence production

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phoneme exchange

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An error in which two phonemes are substituted for each other during sentence production

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phrase structure grammar

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A set of rules for partitioning a sentence into its grammatical units

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slip of the tongue

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A speech error

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structured

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The organization imposed on a language by its grammatical rules

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suppress

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Eliminating inappropriate meanings in a sentence

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surface structure

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The structure of a spoken sentence

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symbolic

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The use of symbols such as spoken or written words to represent ideas

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transformational grammar

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A set of rules for transforming a sentence into a closely related sentence

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Wernickes aphasia

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A language disorder attributed to damage in the temporal lobe of the brain

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word exchange

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An error in which two words are substituted for each other during sentence production

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working memory capacity

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The amount of information that can be kept active in working memory