Question 1

Weisleder & Waxman (2010) found that frequent frames were

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A)  consistently informative between English and Spanish. 
B)  informative of grammatical category, but slightly more reliable in English. 
C)  informative of grammatical category, but slightly more reliable in Spanish. 
D)  not an informative cue for grammatical category. 
A)  consistently informative between English and Spanish. 
B)  informative of grammatical category, but slightly more reliable in English. 
C)  informative of grammatical category, but slightly more reliable in Spanish. 
D)  not an informative cue for grammatical category.

Question 2

Describe what Brauer and colleagues (2011) were able to conclude about the development of grammar processing from their study using fMRI and dMRI images of adult and 7-year-old brains.

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The answer of Describe what Brauer and colleagues (2011) were...

Question 3

Consider this sentence: The girl with a tattoo loves me. What is the grammatical structure of this sentence?

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A)  [NP The girl] [PP with a tattoo] [VP loves me] 
B)  [NP The girl [PP with a tattoo]] [VP loves me] 
C)  [PP The girl with] [NP a tattoo] [VP loves me] 
D)  [VP [NP The girl] [PP with a tattoo] loves]] [NP me] 
A)  [NP The girl] [PP with a tattoo] [VP loves me] 
B)  [NP The girl [PP with a tattoo]] [VP loves me] 
C)  [PP The girl with] [NP a tattoo] [VP loves me] 
D)  [VP [NP The girl] [PP with a tattoo] loves]] [NP me]

Question 4

The idea that language is generative means that

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A)  the rules of syntax can be used to create novel ways of expressing ideas. 
B)  words can be combined in any order to create novel ways of expressing ideas. 
C)  words can be "borrowed" from other languages to create new ways of expressing ideas. 
D)  sentences can be directly translated from one language to another. 
A)  the rules of syntax can be used to create novel ways of expressing ideas. 
B)  words can be combined in any order to create novel ways of expressing ideas. 
C)  words can be "borrowed" from other languages to create new ways of expressing ideas. 
D)  sentences can be directly translated from one language to another.

Question 5

Refer to the figure.
   Describe the methods used by Mintz in his 2006 study. What did his findings demonstrate about the effects of distributional evidence on children's word category formation?

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The answer of Refer to the figure.
   Describe...

Weisleder & Waxman (2010) found that frequent frames were

Describe what Brauer and colleagues (2011) were able to conclude about the development of grammar processing from their study using fMRI and dMRI images of adult and 7-year-old brains.

Consider this sentence: The girl with a tattoo loves me. What is the grammatical structure of this sentence?

The idea that language is generative means that

Refer to the figure. Describe the methods used by Mintz in his 2006 study. What did his findings demonstrate about the effects of distributional evidence on children's word category formation?

Origins of Human Language

Language and the Brain

Learning Sound Patterns

Learning Words

Speech Perception

Word Recognition

Understanding Sentence Structure and Meaning

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Exam 5: Learning the Structure of Sentences

Weisleder & Waxman (2010) found that frequent frames were

Describe what Brauer and colleagues (2011) were able to conclude about the development of grammar processing from their study using fMRI and dMRI images of adult and 7-year-old brains.

Consider this sentence: The girl with a tattoo loves me. What is the grammatical structure of this sentence?

The idea that language is generative means that

Refer to the figure. Describe the methods used by Mintz in his 2006 study. What did his findings demonstrate about the effects of distributional evidence on children's word category formation?

Origins of Human Language

Language and the Brain

Learning Sound Patterns

Learning Words

Speech Perception

Word Recognition

Understanding Sentence Structure and Meaning

Filters