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First language acquisition is the process through which infants learn their native language naturally, and it is often referred to as acquiring one's:
A. Second language
B. Mother tongue
C. Universal Grammar
D. Foreign language
B. Mother tongue
Which of the following is NOT listed as a required element for language acquisition in the presentation?
A. Interaction
B. Environment
C. Physical Ability
D. Formal Instruction
D. Formal Instruction
The case of Genie demonstrates the necessity of which requirement for language acquisition, especially during the first few years of development?
A. Physical Ability
B. Interaction
C. Environment
D. Genetic Inheritance
B. Interaction
A child who is congenitally deaf typically stops making "cooing" and "babbling" noises after about six months, suggesting the importance of which requirement for spoken language?
A. Interaction
B. Environment
C. Innate Capacity
D. Physical Ability
D. Physical Ability
The language a child learns is acquired in a particular language environment and is not considered:
A. Spoken
B. Genetically inherited
C. Easily lost
D. Creative
B. Genetically inherited
In the context of language acquisition, the language samples provided by older children and adults in the home environment are referred to as:
A. Correction
B. Input
C. Acquisition Schedule
D. Telegraphic Speech
Which characteristic is typical of Caregiver Speech ("Baby Talk")?
A. Complex sentence structures
B. Extensive use of abstract concepts
C. Simple sentence structures and repetition
D. Emphasis on correcting the child's grammar
C. Simple sentence structures and repetition
The example of the child saying "I'm going home so you won't Woodstock me," supports the view that children's language learning is a matter of:
A. Pure imitation of adults
B. Explicit correction by adults
C. Memorization of vocabulary
D. Actively constructing and testing language forms
D. Actively constructing and testing language forms
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The dialog showing the child repeatedly using "holded" despite the mother's subtle correction demonstrates that adult corrections are:
A. The major source of linguistic production
B. Unlikely to be a very effective determiner of how a child speaks
C. More effective in the two-word stage
D. The only way children learn past tense
B. Unlikely to be a very effective determiner of how a child speaks
The acquisition stage that occurs from Birth to 5 Months and primarily involves the production of vowel sounds like "oo" and "aah" is:
A. Babbling
B. Cooing
C. One-Word Stage
D. Telegraphic Stage
B. Cooing
The stage typically beginning around 12 to 18 Months where a child uses a single word to express a complete thought is known as the:
A. Two-Word Stage
B. Babbling Stage
C. One-Word Stage (or Holophrastic Stage)
D. Telegraphic Stage
C. One-Word Stage (or Holophrastic Stage)
During the Two-Word Stage, a phrase like "daddy go" or "more milk" demonstrates that toddlers primarily use which type of words?
A. Function words (is, a, the)
B. Prepositions (in, on, with)
C. Content words (nouns and verbs)
D. Auxiliary verbs (is, do, have)
C. Content words (nouns and verbs)
What is the process called when children, after learning that adding -s makes things plural, apply this rule to irregular nouns like saying "foots" instead of feet?
A. Imitation
B. Correction
C. Overgeneralization
D. Telegraphy
C. Overgeneralization
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Which of the following examples shows the overgeneralization of the past tense morpheme -ed?
A. He came
B. She knows
C. It opened
D. He goed
D. He goed
According to the morphology acquisition table, the morpheme -ing (as in cat sitting) is acquired at which stage?
A. Stage 2=
B. Stage 4
C. Stage 1
D. Stage 9
C. Stage 1
The Telegraphic Stage (around 20-30 months) is characterized by children omitting which types of words in their short, simple sentences?
A. Nouns and Verbs
B. Adjectives and Adverbs
C. Function words (articles, prepositions)
D. Content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
C. Function words (articles, prepositions)
In the development of morphology, the use of the verb "to be" (as in this is no or you are look) is acquired relatively late, at which stage in the table?
A. Stage 4
B. Stage 6=
C. Stage 7
D. Stage 10
C. Stage 7
In Stage 1 of the acquisition of questions, children often use one or two words plus rising intonation (e.g., Doggie?), and they first begin to add the Wh-word:
A. What
B. Why
C. How
D. Where
D. Where