A perspective that emhasizes innate language capabilities
What is the nativist perspective?
100
The smallest linguistic unit of sound
What is a phoneme?
100
This hypothesis states that the way we think and view the world is determined by our language
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
100
A specialized variation of a language that is culturally, socially, and geographically influenced
What is a dialect?
100
The field of research that focuses on the study of the brain's role in language development
What is neurolinguistics?
200
The difference between what a child can accomplish alone and what they can accomplish with an adult's mediation is known as
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
200
The smallest unit of meaning in language
What is a morpheme?
200
The relationship between linguistic behavior and social situations, roles, and function
What is sociolinguistics?
200
A language that develops in response to the interaction of two groups of people who did not initially share a langague
What is a pidgin language?
200
The area of the brain has a critical role in perception, thinking, and language
What is the cerebral cortex?
300
A teacher focuses heavily on language within cognitive development in children when planning lessons. The perspective the teacher relies on is known as
What is the cognitive developmental perspective?
300
"I comed home late last night." This is an example of the common language known as ______.
What is overgeneralization?
300
A teacher believes that anyone who does not speak standard English does not have a vaild language, and is therefore language deficient. This teacher follows a _______ perspective.
What is a verbal-deficit perspective?
300
The abiility to understand and successfully use two dialects
What is bidialectism?
300
The part of the brain coordinates speech production
What is the cerebellum?
400
A child is praised for saying Mama. Therefore, the child says it more often and attempts to say other words. This is explained by the ______ perspective.
What is the behaviorist perspective?
400
The type of knowlegde of knowing how to combine words to create meaningful expressions
What is syntactic knowledge?
400
The variation and number of nouns and modifiers used by parents when interacting with children
What is language diversity?
400
A pidgin language has been used for two generations and it is now the mother tongue for the youngest generation. This language has become a _______.
What is a creolized language?
400
This hemisphere of the brain is more involved in language development in infants.
What is the left hemisphere?
500
The theorist who researched the role of the environment in supporting and facilitating children's language development
Who is Camborne?
500
A student understands that the way they speak to a peer is different than how they would address their school's principal. This shows clear understanding of ______
What is register?
500
A student comes from a home where a nonstandard English dialect is spoken. The student struggles to understand and use standard English is the classroom. This can be explained by the ______ hypothesis.
What is socialization mismatch hypothesis?
500
The modes of discourse known as tonal semantics and narrative sequencing can be found in this dialect
What is Black English?
500
After a stroke, Sally can no longer speak as quickly as before and really struggles with grammar and syntax. She is experiencing ___________.