Exam 7: Language Development

In a classic study,parents classified as professionals spent significantly more time __________ their children than did parents who received welfare assistance.

__________ is the educational approach that teaches English language learners solely in English.

The greater the __________ children have been exposed to,the better they perform on a variety of measures of intellectual achievement at age 3.

Which theory proposes that a genetically determined,innate mechanism directs language development?

When 2-year-old Helena says,"My socks on," rather than "I put on my socks," she is using __________.

Which term describes the system of rules that determines how our thoughts can be expressed?

Dieter has started using his first words to communicate.Statistically,how old is Dieter likely to be?

Rebecca wants her baby to stop playing and crawl across the room to her.Rebecca uses the short phrase "Come to Mommy" to prompt her baby.What is this an example of?

Chomsky's analysis suggests that all the world's languages share a similar underlying structure he calls __________.

Which term refers to the smallest language unit that has meaning?

The basic sounds of language that can be combined to produce words and sentences are called __________.

Which term refers to the overly restrictive use of words,common among children just mastering spoken language?

Which term refers to an understanding of one's own use of language?

It is estimated that by age 4,children from poorer families have been exposed to some __________ fewer words than children of more affluent families.

In the months spanning their third birthday,the number of ways children combine words and phrases to form sentences,known as __________,doubles each month.

Which term describes a style of communicating in which language is used primarily to label objects?

Melissa is teaching her baby to speak by learning the names of lots of familiar and different objects that the baby sees.What style of speech is Melissa advocating?