Question

Section 3: Language Meaning—Levels of Meaning 
3. Analyze the following sentence for each level of meaning.

The counselors flipped their lids when they saw the marchers’ plans and they advocated violence.

a. Literal:

b. Inference:

c. Figurative:

d. Pragmatic:

Section 4: Language—Working Memory
4. a. What is the role of working memory in language comprehension? 

b. Illustrate the role of working memory by discussing its role in processing the following text:
The plumber the doctor the nurse met called ate the cheese.

Answer 1

Section 3. Analyze the sentence

The counselors flipped their lid when they saw the marchers' plans and they advocated violence.

Literal - They( the counselors) became very angry ....when they saw the marchers' plans and advocated violence.

Inference : The counselors did what they might have otherwise stopped by virtue of their position.

Figurative - " Flipping the lid" ..refers to getting worked up, blowing steam and therefore flipping the lid

Pragmatic - Here, the word advocated is used to convey an action the exact opposite of what a counselor would normally do.

Section 4: a. What is the role of working memory in language comprehension?

Working memory is of a temporary nature. It helps us to store and manage information for a limited period, that we need to carry out comprehension, reasoning and learning. Working memory helps in language comprehensiuon, using language and learning new words.It has three functional components and they include the phonological loop, the visual sketch pad and the central executive.

The phonological loop has a feature and a process. The inner ear is the phonological store. It does the job of holding sounds for a few seconds. The articulatory control process is linked to speech production.We have stored semantic knowledge. It is the role of the Hippocampus to process incoming words to the stored semantic knowledge. This process helps us in language comprehension.