LLT 361 Ch 1 Language Acquisition

Quiz 1 MSU

True or False: Morphosyntax, also called grammar, refers to how words and sentences are formed.

True

True or False: The concepts of tokens/types are generally what we mean when talking about learning a word.

False

True or False: Segmentals have to do with how sound works when individual sounds are joined
together in a word or sentence

False

True or False: A lack of appropriate pragmatics proficiency might have real-world consequences.

True

True or False: The judgement against so-called bad language is made from a linguistic point of view, in which speakers of the so-called bad language are viewed in some lesser way or discriminated against.

False

True or False: L1 Development shows a largely unpredictable pattern, meaning that most children do not follow the same developmental patterns.

False

True or False: According to behaviorism, children imitate and repeat the input they hear, thereby building up their language, with the goal being to develop good habits.

True

True or False: The Universal Grammar theory proposes that children have an innate language learning ability that helps acquire their L1.

False

True or False: The Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) predicts that an innate ability for language learning might diminish after some point in a child's development.

True

True or False: There is ample evidence that being bilingual has negative impacts on children's
linguistic and cognitive development.

False