Exam 11: Development of Language and Communication Skills

The sentence "The speeding the raced city through streets car" would be difficult for an English speaker to understand because it violates a basic set of rules of the English language.What rules are violated?

Why do many psycholinguists refer to toddlers' speech as holophrastic?

When comparing language production and language comprehension,what general pattern of development has been revealed?

Suppose that you are the director of a daycare program.Because you are concerned about providing a quality environment that optimizes language acquisition,what pointers would you give your staff?

According to most psycholinguists,what is the effect of the use of child-directed speech?

David uses the Cree word for blanket when conversing in English with his English-speaking grandparents.What does this represent?

Heinz is just learning to talk and he already says "please" and "thanks" and waits his turn in a conversation.What aspect of language knowledge has Heinz acquired?

What does the neonates' ability to discriminate speech sounds and to recognize their mothers' voices imply about their language capabilities?

According to the textbook,which view of language acquisition is most supported by research evidence?

Explain the term syntactical bootstrapping,and provide a novel example to illustrate your explanation.

Laura is a 2-year-old living in Vancouver.She has two older brothers and one older sister.Based on research conducted by Nelson,what type of language style is Laura most likely to have?

Which of the following best describes why effective communication progresses during childhood?

Five grammatical morphemes that children acquire during the preschool period are (1)standard plurals (formed by adding s); (2)regular past tense (formed by adding ed); (3)progressive tense (formed by adding ing); (4)possession (formed by adding 's); (5)definite and indefinite articles (use of the/an/a).List the five morphemes above in their typical order of emergence.

Outline the interactionist perspective of language development.

As children move beyond the telegraphic period into more sophisticated use of grammar,morphemes such as -ing and -s are acquired before morphemes such as -ed and -'s.What does Brown attribute this order to?

Which of the following best characterizes vocabulary development after infants speak their first word?

Maria uses the Italian word for soup when conversing in English with her English-speaking grandparents.What does this represent?

In addition to several other pieces of evidence,Lenneberg and others have cited early specialization of the brain's hemispheres as evidence for which theory of language acquisition?

Which of the following is the best example of telegraphic speech?

Which of the following are the most likely words to be omitted in telegraphic speech?