The story of Genie is full of remarkable episodes.

First Topic The story of Genie is full of remarkable episodes. The following extract is from Rymer (1993), quoting Susan Curtiss, a linguist who worked with Genie for many years. How would you explain events like this? (5 points) . "Genie was the most powerful nonverbal communicator I’ve ever come across," Curtiss told me. "The most extreme example of this that comes to mind: Because of her obsession, she would notice and covet anything plastic that anyone had. One day we were walking – I think we were in Hollywood. I would act like an idiot, sing operatically, to get her to release some of that tension she always had. We reached the corner of this very busy intersection, and the light turned red, and we stopped. Suddenly, I heard the sound – it’s a sound you can’t mistake – of a purse being spilled. A woman in a car that had stopped at the intersection was emptying her purse, and she got out of the car and ran over and gave it to Genie and then ran back to the car. A plastic purse. Genie hadn’t said a word." Second Topic One aphasia patient was asked to read aloud the written words on the left below and, in each case, actually said the words on the right. Is there any pattern to be found in these errors? Does this type of phenomenon provide any clues to the way words may be stored and accessed in the brain? (5 points) . ambition – career . anecdote – narrator . applause -> audience . apricot -> peach . arithmetic – mathematics . commerce – business Page 467 . mishap -> accident . parachute – balloon . thermometer -> temperature . victor -> triumph