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True False Children learn a language by simply
memorizing words and sentences.
True False It is not useful to correct a child's grammar.
Corrections by adults appear to be essentially without value
to the child.
True False Children should explicitly be taught the
"rules" so that they can use the language
creatively.
True False Usually adults are more aware of the
phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic rules
than are the children.
True False Children are able to comprehend novel utterances:
sentences that they have never heard before.
True False Children make up the rules of the language as
they go along.
True False A 40 month old child who says "I got my
feets wet" is not speaking correctly. He/she will need a
lot of instruction from his/her parents before getting the
grammar right.
Eight to eighteen months. Not simply labeling objects, the
child uses one word to convey meanings which will later be
expressed by complex phrases and sentences. The child conveys
meaning through the use of intonation. [wa:u] "Where are
you?" [s :] "What's that?" "No" can
be an assertion, "I don't want to go" or an
imperative "Don't do that". The child is able to
understand and perceive many more phonological contrasts than
he can produce.
A. Cooing
B. Babbling
C. One-word (Halophrastic stage)
D. Two word
E. Three or more words stage
Six - twelve months. Child is playing with linguistic
sounds, but for the child the sounds may not yet carry
meaning. All children do this, even deaf children to an
extent.
A. Cooing
B. Babbling
C. One-word (Halophrastic stage)
D. Two word
E. Three or more words stage
Three - twelve months. Child plays with the vocal apparatus,
though not yet making linguistic noises.
A. Cooing
B. Babbling
C. One-word (Halophrastic stage)
D. Two word
E. Three or more words stage
Two to four years. Function words omitted. Child uses mostly
content words. Syntax is evident at this stage
A. Cooing
B. Babbling
C. One-word (Halophrastic stage)
D. Two word
E. Three or more words stage
Eighteen to twenty four months. Two words are strung
together with syntactic and semantic relations. Examples:
"Daddy byebye," "Mommy book," "Boo-
all gone." Reduplication and telegraphic speech used.
A. Cooing
B. Babbling
C. One-word (Halophrastic stage)
D. Two word
E. Three or more words stage
Which theory does the following exchange call into question?
Child: My teacher holded the baby rabbits, and we patted
them.
Adult: Did you say your teacher held the baby rabbits?
Child: Yes.
Adult: What did you say she did?
Child: She holded the baby rabbits, and we patted them.
Adult: Did you say she held them tightly?
Child: No, she holded them loosely.
Which theory does the following information call into
question?
Even if adults attempt to correct the child's speech, it
seems to fail especially if the child is of a young age.
State which theory might suggest that "maybe some language is acquired through correction by adults
when the child uses the wrong forms."
State which theory might suggest that "at least some of the language is acquired through hearing
and reproducing those sounds."
State which theory might suggest that "children seem to be actively involved in figuring out the
rules of the language as they go along."
State which theory might suggest that "sometimes children
over generalize and use a rule where it
doesn't fit. An adult would never use it in that situation:
bringed, goed, singed, taked, eated, doed."
Paul at age two said the following [His pronunciation is
bracketed]:
sun [scn] snake [nek]
see [si] sky [kay]
spoon [pun] stop [tap]
State the principle that best describes Paul's pronunciation of
these words.
A. He is not pronouncing his consonant sounds
B. He is having difficulty with his vowels sounds
C. Paul is not pronouncing the initial consonant in a
consonant cluster.
Function morphemes are acquired randomly with
variation from child to child.
