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The ability to understand language is referred to as __________ language.

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According to linguists, any sound or set of sounds that is used consistently to refer to some thing, action, or quality is considered to be

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A)   babbling.
B)   a gesture.
C)   language.
D)   a word.
E)   an overextension.

Question 3

The understanding of what type of language to use in specific situations is called

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A)   grammar.
B)   pragmatics.
C)   semantics.
D)   syntax.
E)   inflections.

Question 4

Linguists use the term holophrase to indicate

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A)   a two- or three-word phrase conveying a single meaning.
B)   a word-gesture combination used to convey a sentence-like meaning.
C)   a phrase or sentence imitated from another's speech.
D)   the child's first two-word sentence.
E)   random words with no specific meaning.

Question 5

An infant first understands the meaning of individual words spoken to him/her at about

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A)   12 months.
B)   9 or 10 months.
C)   4 or 5 months.
D)   24 months.
E)   1 or 2 months.

Question 6

The process of learning a language begins with the __________ stage.

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Question 7

Discuss the rationale for using the mean length of utterance (MLU) to identify children who need additional screening to determine a language disability.

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Question 8

When young children use audible language to help control or monitor their own behavior, they are exhibiting

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A)   overregularization.
B)   child directed speech.
C)   baby talk.
D)   fast mapping.
E)   private speech. E

Question 9

Cross-cultural research indicates that children the world over do all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   use one-word phrases before two-word phrases.
B)   add prepositions in the same order.
C)   pay more attention to the ends of words than the beginnings.
D)   use the same specific word order in early sentences.
E)   coo before they babble.

Question 10

At what age will children begin to mimic their first words?

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A)   6 months
B)   12 months
C)   20 months
D)   24 months

Question 11

The earliest theories of language were based either on __________ theory or the common sense idea that language is learned by __________ .

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Question 12

Sounds, signs, or symbols that communicate meaning are called

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A)   prelinguistic language.
B)   expressive language.
C)   prenatal language.
D)   cooing and babbling.
E)   phonology.

Question 13

Jerome is two years old and is building with blocks. As he builds, he mutters to himself, "No, not there." This is an example of

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A)   prepositional speech.
B)   auxiliary speech.
C)   possessive speech.
D)   private speech.
E)   commanding speech.

Question 14

According to your text, what is the relationship between receptive language and expressive language in early language development?

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A)   Children generally understand more than they can express.
B)   Children generally express more than what they understand.
C)   Children generally understand only the words they express.
D)   Approximately 50 percent of children express more than they can understand.
E)   Language should be limited to a very simple form in order for both to develop. A

Question 15

Identify the three types of constraints that children use to learn new words. Give an example of each.

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Whole object constraint = child is likely to assume that new words apply to whole objects rather than parts of an object; mutual exclusivity constraint = assumption that a new word applies to a new object and not one they already know; taxonomic constraint = associations between objects with similar qualities.

Question 16

The ability to categorically link new words to real-world referents is called __________ .

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Question 17

__________ is the term researchers use to describe the earliest sentences created by most children because they include key nouns and verbs but generally omit all other words and grammatical inflections.

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Question 18

From about 6 to 12 months of age, __________ makes up about half of babies' noncrying sounds.

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Question 19

The use of words to apply only to specific objects is called __________ .

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Question 20

Fenson's cross-cultural study found that nouns made up what percent of the words children knew by two years of age?

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A)   8.5
B)   30.2
C)   48.9
D)   63.0
E)   90.0

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