Exam 9: B: Language and Communication

Jenny just had her first baby and is wondering when he will begin producing different kinds of sounds. Which of the following should she expect him to produce first?

The sounds of a language are referred to as

The rules used to specify how words are combined to form sentences are referred to as

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

When does conversational turn-taking between parents and children usually begin?

Rita was kept in a closet and not allowed to speak until she was 13 years old. How would you expect her language to be affected?

A child's ability to make connections between new words and referents so rapidly that he or she cannot be considering all possible meanings for the new word is referred to as

School-aged children

Berko's classic study in which she showed children a nonsense object labeled a "wug" and then presented the child with a picture of two of these objects to see how the child would supply the plural form of "wug" demonstrated that preschool

When Angela says "Me down" instead of "I would like to get down," she is using

Intonation refers to

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

Cooing refers to

Eighteen-month-old Zach's vocabulary consists mainly of words that are the names of objects, persons, or actions. Zach has a(n) ________ style of learning language.

The basic building blocks of language that are used to form words are called

Children with expressive language-learning styles

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the influence of the environment on language development?

Which would occur first in language development?

________ occurs when children apply rules to words that are exceptions to the rule.

Infants pay more attention to