Dr. Ashworth, I love your videos and as a Dyslexia Therapist your posts are synonymous to binge-watching a Netflix episode for me. Yes, I have a boring life; however your content is always insightful and leaves me wanting more. I was thinking that you should facilitate an ALTA-conference in Dallas or a zoom conference. Just a hopeful thought. Anyways, thanks again for another great post.
Hello Professor Evan, thank you so much elucidating on the brain ways of processing language. Indeed, I am persuaded that speaking a language only does not mean all to us as linguists, but as well it is as necessary as to speak a language to delve into the linguistic functions of the brain so that we can better understand the power of our brain and language. Negot Seraphin
Thank you for your great effort to provide us very interesting informations about general linguistic. Your special method in presentation captured me to be your student follower. Thank professor.
Thank you so much for this, Prof! I find this topic very fascinating. May I know the study of the experiment you showed on dichotic listening task? I would want to know more about the said experiment. Thank you so much!
For REAL I hear musical tones better from the left ear! Could you point me to what I could read (like keywords to google or maybe papers to read) that go further into this contralateralisation and how we process stimuli differently from different ears?
You might try boolean searches with terms such as "contralaterialization" and "music"... that search on duckduckgo brought me to this article, which might be relevant: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21513771/ You might also consult the references listed in that paper... this is a tricky topic to find articles on, however!
Thank you for interesting talk. It seems that the Transcript content is garbled (i noticed it as i usually listen to youtube talks while reading their transcripts).
Hi Evan, your videos are really interesting. I came across your channel by chance, just surfing in TH-cam looking for some videos about linguistic. I took my degree years ago in foreign languages and linguistic that's why I'm into it. I am an English teacher here in Italy, I haven't watched all your videos yet, as I've been following you for just a few days, but I will.
Can you tell be please which references I can search to find good information about neurolinguistics I can do do a seminar about it I would be thankful if you guide me for references
I'm unsure of any "at home" tests for that, but there are very unofficial tests one can do at home to determine whether they are more of a "right-brained" or "left-brained" thinker. Here is a quick and simple test (but I'm skeptical of its legitimacy): www.mentalup.co/blog/right-brain-left-brain-test
I've been thinking about this issue of some people using their right ear to talk on the phone, while others are using their left ear. Does it has something to do with the brain processing the linguistic information in one of the two hemispheres? And hence my personal question - could there be something wired differently in my brain, because I always use my left ear to talk on my cell phone? Which, by the theory explained here should mean, that my brain is processing the linguistic information in my right hemisphere, rather than my left one. It is really confusing - could that be true for me? Or for any other person who uses his/her left ear to listen to people talking?
I actually don't think the right-ear advantage informs people's decisions to hold the phone to their right ear; I think that has more to do with: 1) Habit; 2) Perceptions of which ear is "Stronger", and 3) handedness. Admittedly, however, I have nothing to support this--just my thoughts 🙂 Although there is certainly a "right-ear advantage" for linguistic stimuli; the differences in processing between the right and left ears is so small that it's not even noticeable. I suspect there is nothing weird at all about how your brain is wired!
@@evanashworth490 Yeah, handedness is a weird thing. I've noticed lately, that I cannot talk on the phone with my right ear at all. And, as you said, I also do not have any explanation for that. It is just the way it is. I've tried to use my right ear, but it is pretty awkward. And I've also noticed, that people use their phones differently. While it seems that more people use their right ear (regardless of sex or age), some, like me, use their left ear. As I said again, I do not have the slightest idea why, and this is interesting! I'm just curious to know the reason. Maybe it is because of the way our brains are wired, maybe another reason. But I do not believe that it is just a pure habit. Just like it is not a habit for me to use my right hand to write. I cannot use my left hand for writing.
I suppose it just relays info sir, and the last step of integration of visual stimulus gathered from the visual cortex as its placement is within the parietal lobes but at some point nearest to the temporal, If that is true, it does beg the question how about auditory language? Does that mean the stimuli need not to pass through the angular gyrus as audition can be localized within the temporals?
Yes, Like John said, it really just relays information (as far as the process of reading goes)--it seems to take the visual stimuli perceived by the eyes, organizes it, and transfers it to Wernicke's area, where it can be made sense of
@@evanashworth490 Languages systematically activate both halves of the brain independently with considerable activation of the left half, except the Arabic language, where it activates both halves simultaneously, with considerable activation of the right half. Therefore the Arabic language utilizes the resources of both hemispheres of the brain, which results in developing and enhancing perceptual and cognitive skills among many other advantages. Here is how the Quran explains it: - “We have revealed this Quran in the Arabic language so that you may (taakeloun) “contemplate its meanings.” [43/3]. The extended translation of the key Arabic word "taakeloun" in this verse means: Evaluating/Processing and Checking two sides to reach the best decision! Aramaic and Hebrew, like the Arabic language, are both written from Right-to-left.
Sir your videos are very informative and I really admire your way of speaking if I say so my self, but I was recently wondering if there are more lengthy videos on these topics that cover even more detail. Please let me know. regards, Amal
Thanks for your kind words! There are lot of videos on this topic on TH-cam, and using the keywords "psycholinguistics" and "neurolinguistics" are the best place to start. Many of the results are videos which are much longer than mine, so those probably go into a lot more detail.
As I understand it, it does, although the effects, as they might be examined in, say, a dichotic listening test are more striking with those who are right-handed
Hi Friendlybus1. We use our left hand for our computer keyboard so that we can type a bit faster. Even though our left-hand is controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain, it's a pretty easy task and doesn't overburden our left-hand.
@@evanashworth490 Professor, I would like to ask (since it is related to this question), prior to the concept of contralateralization, does having the left-hand preference for writing contribute to age-related diminishing of language processing? since the assumption is that left-handed people have their right hemisphere dominant?
thank u prof.. .please..what kind of morpheme is "to" and "aren't" in the sentence " aren't you going to work" and what kind of morpheme is "does"... please I study english as a third language and can t find a clear answer anywhere!!!! BTW .I saw all your video..and was very very helpful..
"Aren't" functions as a kind of helping or auxiliary verb and "to" could either be a preposition or part of the infinitive "to work" depending on this context.
@@evanashworth490 thank you so much for your prompt response about 'to'...if it is a part of infinitive ..it is functional right? what about does as a verb
Hello! I have been watching your videos which are very helpful. And much appreciated thank you very much sir. I would like you to explain this to me please " it has been said that the layman speaks and the linguist knows the language " that was a question that I had to answer in my university
Hello! I have actually never heard that saying, but even though I think it is a bit oversimplified and cliché, I can see what it's getting at because even if the linguist doesn't speak the language (I'm really only fluent in one language--English), linguists receive training that allows them to understand how any language is structured (from their sound system all the way up to how the words they use capture their world around them, which may be different from speakers of another language [e.g., basic color terms]). I hope that helps!
Dr. Ashworth, I love your videos and as a Dyslexia Therapist your posts are synonymous to binge-watching a Netflix episode for me. Yes, I have a boring life; however your content is always insightful and leaves me wanting more. I was thinking that you should facilitate an ALTA-conference in Dallas or a zoom conference. Just a hopeful thought. Anyways, thanks again for another great post.
As someone who hopes to end up in this field one day, I am very glad that I found your channel! Keep up the great work!
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Hello Professor Evan, thank you so much elucidating on the brain ways of processing language. Indeed, I am persuaded that speaking a language only does not mean all to us as linguists, but as well it is as necessary as to speak a language to delve into the linguistic functions of the brain so that we can better understand the power of our brain and language.
Negot Seraphin
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Thank you for your great effort to provide us very interesting informations about general linguistic.
Your special method in presentation captured me to be your student follower.
Thank professor.
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Thank you so much for this, Prof! I find this topic very fascinating. May I know the study of the experiment you showed on dichotic listening task? I would want to know more about the said experiment. Thank you so much!
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Thank you, Evan, for this video, very short and easy to understand, I enjoyed it, good luck with your work!
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For REAL I hear musical tones better from the left ear! Could you point me to what I could read (like keywords to google or maybe papers to read) that go further into this contralateralisation and how we process stimuli differently from different ears?
You might try boolean searches with terms such as "contralaterialization" and "music"... that search on duckduckgo brought me to this article, which might be relevant: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21513771/
You might also consult the references listed in that paper... this is a tricky topic to find articles on, however!
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It seems that the Transcript content is garbled (i noticed it as i usually listen to youtube talks while reading their transcripts).
My apologies--I will try to add subtitles to this video
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Hi Evan, your videos are really interesting. I came across your channel by chance, just surfing in TH-cam looking for some videos about linguistic. I took my degree years ago in foreign languages and linguistic that's why I'm into it. I am an English teacher here in Italy, I haven't watched all your videos yet, as I've been following you for just a few days, but I will.
Can you tell be please which references I can search to find good information about neurolinguistics I can do do a seminar about it I would be thankful if you guide me for references
There are several references mentioned at the bottom of the wikipedia page for "neurolinguistics"--that's where I would start!
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Interesting. I’m autistic so I don’t think language is left-laterized in my brain. Is there any way to test it at home?
I'm unsure of any "at home" tests for that, but there are very unofficial tests one can do at home to determine whether they are more of a "right-brained" or "left-brained" thinker. Here is a quick and simple test (but I'm skeptical of its legitimacy): www.mentalup.co/blog/right-brain-left-brain-test
I've been thinking about this issue of some people using their right ear to talk on the phone, while others are using their left ear. Does it has something to do with the brain processing the linguistic information in one of the two hemispheres?
And hence my personal question - could there be something wired differently in my brain, because I always use my left ear to talk on my cell phone? Which, by the theory explained here should mean, that my brain is processing the linguistic information in my right hemisphere, rather than my left one. It is really confusing - could that be true for me? Or for any other person who uses his/her left ear to listen to people talking?
I actually don't think the right-ear advantage informs people's decisions to hold the phone to their right ear; I think that has more to do with: 1) Habit; 2) Perceptions of which ear is "Stronger", and 3) handedness. Admittedly, however, I have nothing to support this--just my thoughts 🙂 Although there is certainly a "right-ear advantage" for linguistic stimuli; the differences in processing between the right and left ears is so small that it's not even noticeable. I suspect there is nothing weird at all about how your brain is wired!
@@evanashworth490
Yeah, handedness is a weird thing.
I've noticed lately, that I cannot talk on the phone with my right ear at all.
And, as you said, I also do not have any explanation for that. It is just the way it is.
I've tried to use my right ear, but it is pretty awkward. And I've also noticed, that people use their phones differently. While it seems that more people use their right ear (regardless of sex or age), some, like me, use their left ear. As I said again, I do not have the slightest idea why, and this is interesting! I'm just curious to know the reason.
Maybe it is because of the way our brains are wired, maybe another reason.
But I do not believe that it is just a pure habit. Just like it is not a habit for me to use my right hand to write. I cannot use my left hand for writing.
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Could you please differentiate between" immediate , textual and discourse contexts " as types of linguistic context in pragmmatics
What does the angular gyrus do specifically when it “processes” the information?
I suppose it just relays info sir, and the last step of integration of visual stimulus gathered from the visual cortex as its placement is within the parietal lobes but at some point nearest to the temporal,
If that is true, it does beg the question how about auditory language? Does that mean the stimuli need not to pass through the angular gyrus as audition can be localized within the temporals?
Yes, Like John said, it really just relays information (as far as the process of reading goes)--it seems to take the visual stimuli perceived by the eyes, organizes it, and transfers it to Wernicke's area, where it can be made sense of
Sir please between English as a second language and psycholinguistics which is the best to offer as a masters student.
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Would this apply also to Arabic language which written from left to right?
Hi Essam. Which part are wondering would apply to Arabic?
@@evanashworth490 Languages systematically activate both halves of the brain independently with considerable activation of the left half, except the Arabic language, where it activates both halves simultaneously, with considerable activation of the right half.
Therefore the Arabic language utilizes the resources of both hemispheres of the brain, which results in developing and enhancing perceptual and cognitive skills among many other advantages. Here is how the Quran explains it:
- “We have revealed this Quran in the Arabic language so that you may (taakeloun) “contemplate its meanings.” [43/3].
The extended translation of the key Arabic word "taakeloun" in this verse means: Evaluating/Processing and Checking two sides to reach the best decision! Aramaic and Hebrew, like the Arabic language, are both written from Right-to-left.
Sir your videos are very informative and I really admire your way of speaking if I say so my self, but I was recently wondering if there are more lengthy videos on these topics that cover even more detail. Please let me know.
regards,
Amal
Thanks for your kind words! There are lot of videos on this topic on TH-cam, and using the keywords "psycholinguistics" and "neurolinguistics" are the best place to start. Many of the results are videos which are much longer than mine, so those probably go into a lot more detail.
Thankyou so much for informing me.
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What if a person is left handed? Does all this still apply to that person?
As I understand it, it does, although the effects, as they might be examined in, say, a dichotic listening test are more striking with those who are right-handed
Sir make a comprehensive video about discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis
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Why do we use our left hand for our computer keyboard?
Hi Friendlybus1. We use our left hand for our computer keyboard so that we can type a bit faster. Even though our left-hand is controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain, it's a pretty easy task and doesn't overburden our left-hand.
@@evanashworth490 Professor, I would like to ask (since it is related to this question), prior to the concept of contralateralization, does having the left-hand preference for writing contribute to age-related diminishing of language processing? since the assumption is that left-handed people have their right hemisphere dominant?
Hey how can I get the transcript of this ?
I will try to add more accurate subtitles for this video. Thanks for watching!
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.please..what kind of morpheme is "to" and "aren't" in the sentence " aren't you going to work" and what kind of morpheme is "does"...
please I study english as a third language and can t find a clear answer anywhere!!!!
BTW .I saw all your video..and was very very helpful..
"Aren't" functions as a kind of helping or auxiliary verb and "to" could either be a preposition or part of the infinitive "to work" depending on this context.
@@evanashworth490 thank you so much for your prompt response
about 'to'...if it is a part of infinitive ..it is functional right?
what about does as a verb
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I have been watching your videos which are very helpful. And much appreciated thank you very much sir.
I would like you to explain this to me please " it has been said that the layman speaks and the linguist knows the language " that was a question that I had to answer in my university
Hello! I have actually never heard that saying, but even though I think it is a bit oversimplified and cliché, I can see what it's getting at because even if the linguist doesn't speak the language (I'm really only fluent in one language--English), linguists receive training that allows them to understand how any language is structured (from their sound system all the way up to how the words they use capture their world around them, which may be different from speakers of another language [e.g., basic color terms]). I hope that helps!
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