Exam 9: Language and Communication

Children with a referential style of learning language use language mainly as an) __________ tool whereas children with an expressive style of learning language use language primarily as a(n) __________ tool.

Fast mapping denotes the phenomenon that

Who is most likely to be using telegraphic speech?

Which of the following is the best example of an overextension?

Overextension occurs more frequently when children are comprehending words than when they are producing words.

Children whose parents asked them questions while reading a story to them were more likely to comprehend and produce target words than those whose parents only read to them.

Kim has an expressive style of learning language. Ellie has a referential style of learning language. You would expect to find that

The production of two-word speech

years of age, children understand that a comment should be followed by a response.

What can adults do during their interactions with children to promote children's language development?

Intonation refers to

Phonemes include both consonant and vowel sounds.

Your friend just found out she is expecting her first child. You are excited to get her a gift for the new baby. You see a bunch of Baby Einstein videos at the store. Given when you know about word learning, should you buy the videos for your friend?

The term semantics refers to

Which of the following is an example of a phoneme?

Children's use of grammatical morphemes is based primarily on

Most children say their first words at about __________ of age.

Turn taking

According to the cognitive view, children learn language by searching across many examples stored in memory.

Hannah is a school-aged child. Which of the following would you expect to be TRUE of Hannah's communication skills?