Question 1

Language refers to the systematic and conventional use of sounds, signs, or written symbols for the intention of communication or self-expression.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Explain in detail and provide examples of the developmental stages of infant's babbling.

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Question 3

Syntax is the knowledge of sentence structure, or grammatical rules-rules for how words are combined into sentences and how sentences are transformed into other sentences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

During the developmental stages of infants' babbling, Stage 3 voice play occurs between 8 and 20 weeks.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 5

By 6-9 years of age, children can pronounce all the sounds of their language correctly about 75% of the time.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The variety of sounds children can make increases from about 18 months to 8 or 9 years of age and include all of the following except:

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A)   2-year-olds can produce between 40 and 60 consonants.
B)   preschool and early school-age children often drop the unstressed syllables of words.
C)   they repeat consonants.
D)   they oversimplify complex consonants.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

By 6 years of age, most children have a vocabulary of over 10,000 words and about 100,000 words by adulthood.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is not identified as a lexical constraint on word learning?

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A)   the whole-object assumption
B)   the verb-noun development assumption
C)   the taxonomic assumption
D)   the mutual exclusivity assumptionE) B) and C)
F) None of the above B

Question 9

There is some evidence to suggest that deaf children do not engage in true babbling, although they pass successfully through the earlier stages of speech production.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Explain the concept of speech registers which are the different styles of speech that are used in different situations.

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Children use one style of speech when at...

Question 11

Which of the following are examples of telegraphic speech?

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A)   "Daddy give me the milk", "May Amy and I go to Grandma's"
B)   "Go now", "Walk now"
C)   "Can I go now", "Can I walk now"
D)   "Daddy give milk me", "Amy me go Grandma's"E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Explain language development in young children.

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Children speak their first words at abou...

Question 13

Communication problems are very common among adults and sometimes require therapeutic assistance. Which of the following is not one avenue of therapeutic assistance?

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A)   dealing with a lisp that impedes language
B)   learning how to be more assertive in one's speech
C)   claiming one's right in an appropriate manner
D)   speaking up appropriately when one disagrees with another personE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Explain the seven functions of language according to Halliday which motivate children to use language to attain a variety of goals.

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The answer should ce...

Question 15

Language is strongly influenced both by humans' general biological inheritance and by the uniqueness of the environments in which they grow up.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 16

Pragmatics refers to knowledge about how language can be used and adjusted to fit different circumstances, such as using different tones as when speaking to a teacher versus a peer.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What are the three important ways in which humans differ from other animals with regard to communication systems?

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A)   Human language is symbolic, grammatical, and varies with culture.
B)   Human language is symbolic, representational, and very similar within various cultures.
C)   Human language is quasi-symbolic, graphical, and varies within contextual cues.
D)   Human language is inherently acquired, graphical and symbolic.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Language is a special form of communication, qualitatively different from the ways in which other animals send messages back and forth to one another. Language is also multilayered. Which of the following is not one of the layers of language?

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A)   the actual speech sounds
B)   rules for how words can be combined into sentences
C)   the understanding of how to use all of the layers of language in social interaction
D)   sounds are combined in similar ways to form similar words with similar meaningsE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

What are the five aspects of language which develop over time?

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A)   heuristics, syntax, grammatics, pleurisy, and morphology
B)   phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
C)   phonetics, mechanics, syntactics, and morphotics
D)   phonology, graphology, mechanics, and syllablaticsE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Briefly explain the concept of morphemes and provide examples.

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The smaller unit of meaning in a languag...

Exam 9: Language Development

Language refers to the systematic and conventional use of sounds, signs, or written symbols for the intention of communication or self-expression.

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Explain in detail and provide examples of the developmental stages of infant's babbling.

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Syntax is the knowledge of sentence structure, or grammatical rules-rules for how words are combined into sentences and how sentences are transformed into other sentences.

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During the developmental stages of infants' babbling, Stage 3 voice play occurs between 8 and 20 weeks.

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By 6-9 years of age, children can pronounce all the sounds of their language correctly about 75% of the time.

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The variety of sounds children can make increases from about 18 months to 8 or 9 years of age and include all of the following except:

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By 6 years of age, most children have a vocabulary of over 10,000 words and about 100,000 words by adulthood.

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Which of the following is not identified as a lexical constraint on word learning?

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There is some evidence to suggest that deaf children do not engage in true babbling, although they pass successfully through the earlier stages of speech production.

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Explain the concept of speech registers which are the different styles of speech that are used in different situations.

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Which of the following are examples of telegraphic speech?

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Explain language development in young children.

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Communication problems are very common among adults and sometimes require therapeutic assistance. Which of the following is not one avenue of therapeutic assistance?

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Explain the seven functions of language according to Halliday which motivate children to use language to attain a variety of goals.

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Language is strongly influenced both by humans' general biological inheritance and by the uniqueness of the environments in which they grow up.

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Pragmatics refers to knowledge about how language can be used and adjusted to fit different circumstances, such as using different tones as when speaking to a teacher versus a peer.

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What are the three important ways in which humans differ from other animals with regard to communication systems?

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Language is a special form of communication, qualitatively different from the ways in which other animals send messages back and forth to one another. Language is also multilayered. Which of the following is not one of the layers of language?

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What are the five aspects of language which develop over time?

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Briefly explain the concept of morphemes and provide examples.

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