Question 1

When Juan moved to the United States from Mexico,he spoke only Spanish.After some time,he spoke Spanish and English.Now he only speaks English.This is an example of

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A) the dual-language approach. 
B) subtractive bilingualism. 
C) the whole-language approach. 
D) the bilingual approach.

Question 2

The basic unit of sound that affects meaning in a language is a

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A) morpheme. 
B) letter. 
C) syllable. 
D) phoneme.

Question 3

Language is a form of communication-spoken,written,or signed-that is based on a system of

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A) words. 
B) ideas. 
C) symbols. 
D) sounds.

Question 4

The Wild Boy of Aveyron was most likely not able to learn to communicate with language effectively because

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A) he did not have the LAD needed to learn language. 
B) he refused to communicate with other people. 
C) he had not lived in an environment that exposed him to normal human language before he was found. 
D) he had brain deficiencies in Broca's area at birth.

Question 5

The sentence "The plan persuaded the passenger to buy the ticket for a first-class seat." is problematic at the _______ level.

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A) semantic 
B) syntactic 
C) phonological 
D) pragmatic

Question 6

What is the function of early vocalization (crying,cooing,and babbling)for infants?

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A) to practice making sounds 
B) to attract attention 
C) to communicate 
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 7

The sentence "The pencil sang a lovely tune" is ______,but __________.

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A) syntactically correct; semantically incorrect 
B) semantically correct; syntactically incorrect 
C) phonologically correct; syntactically incorrect 
D) morphologically incorrect; semantically correct

Question 8

By 7 years of age,children start responding to the stimulus word "dog" with other words like "cat" or "sheep," or responding to the stimulus word "talk" with "run" or "jump." This is evidence that children at this age have begun to

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A) memorize a large size of vocabulary without internal organizations. 
B) be confused about words with similar meanings. 
C) categorize their vocabulary by phonological features. 
D) categorize their vocabulary by parts of speech.

Question 9

Each language consists of a finite set of words,but speakers of a language can create and comprehend a countless number of meaningful sentences without any limit.This is an example of

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A) pragmatics. 
B) infinite generativity. 
C) organizational rules. 
D) phonemes.

Question 10

When 6-year-old Sebastian asks the waitress in a restaurant for a fork,he says "Give me a fork." This illustrates a violation of rules in

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A) semantics. 
B) syntax. 
C) phonology. 
D) pragmatics.

Question 11

Language development during the adult years varies greatly among individuals primarily depending on

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A) gender. 
B) voice quality. 
C) the level of education and social and occupational roles. 
D) geographical location.

Question 12

All of the following is true of speech in older adults EXCEPT that it is typically

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A) lower in volume. 
B) slower. 
C) less fluent. 
D) less than adequate for everyday communication.

Question 13

Which of the following statements about language development is TRUE?

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A) Infants speak words before they understand them. 
B) Infants understand words before they speak them. 
C) Infants produce more nouns than verbs in their first words across all languages in the world. 
D) Infants use verbal communication before nonverbal communication.

Question 14

Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device suggests that

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A) humans are biologically prewired to learn language at a certain time in a certain way. 
B) there is a physical structure in the brain exclusively for language acquisition. 
C) language acquisition is strictly influenced by environment. 
D) language is acquired and stored in the right hemisphere of the brain.

Question 15

Vocabulary typically continues to increase at least until

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A) adolescence. 
B) early adulthood. 
C) middle adulthood. 
D) late adulthood.

Question 16

At what age can Emily expect her child to say,"Get shoes"?

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A) 8 to 12 months 
B) 12 to 18 months 
C) 18 to 24 months 
D) not until after 24 months

Question 17

The appropriate use of language in different contexts is part of

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A) syntax. 
B) semantics. 
C) pragmatics. 
D) morphology.

Question 18

All of these are common strategies parents use to teach their children language EXCEPT

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A) recasting. 
B) expanding. 
C) redirecting. 
D) labeling.

Question 19

Which of the following statements regarding syntax is NOT true?

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A) All languages have syntactical rules. 
B) The adjective must precede the noun in a sentence for all languages. 
C) For any language that we know of,users cannot process subjects and objects arranged in too complex a fashion in a sentence. 
D) There are some universal properties of syntax across all languages.

Question 20

Which of the following statements about morphemes is TRUE?

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A) Some words consist of a single morpheme. 
B) Some words are made up of more than one morpheme. 
C) Morphemes can mark tense and number. 
D) All of these answers are correct.

Exam 9: Language Development