2. A young patient at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England, follow- ing a
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2. A young patient at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England, follow- ing a head injury, appears to have lost the spelling-to-pronunciation and pronunciation-to-spelling rules that most of us can use to read and write new words or nonsense strings. He also is unable to get to the phonemic representation of words in his lexicon. Consider the following examples of his reading pronunciation and his writing from dictation: Stimulus Reading Pronunciation Writing from Dictation fame /fæmi/ FAM café /sæfi/ KAFA time /taimi/ TIM note /noti/ or /noti/ NOT praise /pra-at-si/ PRAZ treat /tri-æt/ TRET goes /go-es/ GOZ float /flo-æt/ FLOT What rules or patterns relate his reading pronunciation to the written stim- ulus? What rules or patterns relate his spelling to the dictated stimulus For example, in reading, a corresponds to /a/ or /æ; in writing from dictation lel and le correspond to written A.Explanation / Answer
Clearly, the phonic rules and certain syntax (grammar) rules seem to have been lost. This includes the silent letter function, letter-soud assoication and various sounds that can be produced by a single letter in different situations. Communication problems are usual issues that patients tend to face post a brain injury. This could include comprehension issues or issues in expressing through verbal communication.
L and rare in complementary distribution in Korean Language. If no minimal pairs are found in the language, we resort to the next best which is the near minimal pair, i.e. pairs of words that have nearly identical environments. If two segments contrast with one another, they are allophones of two different phonemes.
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