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What does Psycholinguistics study? Provide 2 clear examples.
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Which brain regions are primarily responsible for language processing? Provide a brief explanation of their functions.
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Refer to the 3 variables that explain the order of acquisition. Provide examples.
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What is code switching? Refer to the types of code switching. Provide examples.
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What is the significance of the Four Quadrant Model (Cummins) in guiding the selection of appropriate educational tasks?
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What is verbal behaviour? How was language conceptualised by psychologists prior to the emergence of psycholinguistics as a distinct field?"
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Explain the novel condition constraint in language acquisition.
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Refer to the negative formation during early stages of acquisition. Provide examples.
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What is asymmetrical switching? Provide examples
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Make reference to the Threshold theory and bilinguals, Is this a strong theory?
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Refer to the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) and discuss its limitations as an explanatory framework, providing examples of cases that support its underlying concept (You can use any case reviewed on the forus)
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Refer to the taxonomic bias constraint in language acquisition.
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Which areas of psycholinguistics can account for the success or failure in language production in cases such as Helen Keller, Isabel, Chelsea or Oxana and Edic exposed to atypical linguistic environments? Provide examples to support your explanation
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Explain the Inhibitory Control Model (ICM). To what extent does this model account for code-switching, and how can this phenomenon be interpreted within its theoretical framework?
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Which phenomenon modeled in WEAVER++ accounts for the faster naming of high-frequency objects (e.g., table) compared to low-frequency ones (e.g., harpoon) in picture-naming tasks?
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What linguistic phenomenon is Chomsky seeking to illustrate through the sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously"
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What is motherese? refer to the features of this language? Is this a necessary condition for language acquisition? Why or why not?
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For example, when a learner consistently mispronounces words in a second language by applying the sound patterns of their first language, what concept does this illustrate?
language Interference
Explain the BIA model Refer to the complete process. What is a language node?
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Make reference to the Weaver model / What is the main difference between Weaver and Weaver ++?
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