Exam 11: Development of Language and Communication Skills

Which type of language knowledge has been acquired when a child knows how to take turns in a conversation and adjusts his or her vocabulary to fit the listener's needs?

Annika and Max were next-door neighbours.Each child was 5 years old.Each had a plastic toy tool kit that included a hammer,nails,screwdriver,wrench,nuts,bolts,and washers.Annika called Mark on the phone and asked him to bring over his tools-the red one and the blue one.What she wanted were some extra nuts and bolts.Instead,Max showed up with his red hammer and blue screwdriver.Explain the role each child played in the failed communication-Annika's failures as the speaker and Max's failures as the listener.What cognitive skills will develop and provide the basis for more effective communication?

Three-year-old Petrov knows the word doggie.When he and his mother take their dog to the veterinarian,she tells Petrov that his "poodle is very sick." If Petrov assumes that this new word poodle refers to a particular kind of dog,what is he using to infer the meaning of the new word?

List and describe four processing constraints that may guide children's inferences about the meaning of new words.

Which of the following best characterizes the acquisition of sign language by the deaf children of deaf parents?

Explain what is meant by metalinguistic awareness.

Which of the following best describes an overextension of word meaning?

What have studies of the acquisition of questions and negatives shown?

Lochlain uses the Gaelic word for truck when conversing in English with his English-speaking grandparents.What does this represent?

Outline two ways in which siblings may help to promote the growth of communication skills.

Describe how the process of fast-mapping contributes to language acquisition.

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the nativist approach with respect to language development?

During the holophrastic stage of language acquisition,what is the proposed communicative function of the one-word terms the child uses?

If a 2-year-old child uses the word car in a situation where her dad is washing the car,again when she is sitting in the car,and yet again when she is looking out the window,each time with different inflection,what does research indicate that this toddler is probably doing?

Describe Werker's research on infant language acquisition.Discuss what she and her colleagues suggest may account for the dramatic development in word-learning ability between 18 and 24 months.

When a child advances from utterances such as "No he going" to "He's not going," what aspect of language knowledge has he or she acquired?

In addition to promoting first-language skills,what results from the instruction for minority children in their native language?

Which of the following characterizes the acquisition of American Sign Language?

What is the invariant sequence of acquisition of grammatical morphemes such as -ing,-ed,-'s,etc.,believed to reflect?

Calvin says "Mommy up!" while reaching upward with his arms.What speech pattern is Calvin's statement an example of?