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When Baby Sarah is riding in the car with her parents she occasionally points at passing vehicles and calls out "see cars," even though some of the vehicles are buses and trucks. This is an example of _________ speech.

overextension

What is the term for the use of more than one language?

bilingualism

What term refers to the way in which an individual combines words and phrases to form sentences?

syntax

The __________________ states that language shapes and may even determine the way people of a particular culture perceive the world

linguistic-relativity hypothesis

Which researcher developed the "nativist approach" and "universal grammar" to explain how children learn their language skills?

Chomsky

What is the term for a neural system of the brain hypothesized to permit understanding of language?

language-acquisition device (LAD)

T/F Language is the systematic arrangement of symbols that provides the basis for communication.

True

T/F When a young child is using speech that is spoken and directed to themselves, this is called fast mapping.

False

T/F By age 6, the average child has a vocabulary of around 10,000 words

false

What is the term for an understanding of one's own use of language?

metalinguistic awareness

What is the term for instances in which new words are associated with their meaning after only a brief encounter?

fast mapping

If a baby is making speech-like but meaningless sounds, this is a universal phenomenon called

babbling

The term used for the overly restrictive use of words, common among children just mastering spoken language, is called

underextension

When a young child begins to learn how to take turns in conversation, stay on topic, and give appropriate responses such as "please" and "thank you," the child is demonstrating knowledge of

pragmatics

A baby's first words usually come in the form of ___________, which are one-word utterances that stand for a whole phrase, whose meaning depends on the particular context in which they are used.

holophrases

When middle-school-age children become more competent with the rules governing the use of language to communicate in a given social setting, they are demonstrating knowledge of

pragmatics

Which of Chomsky's concepts relates to how the human brain is uniquely and genetically predisposed to comprehend and produce language?

language-acquisition device

T/F Developmentalists agree that language is the predominant influence on thought.

false

before the age of three children are unable to demonstrate ___ speech

social

what is the term for the system of rules that determines how our thought can be expressed

grammer

which of the following is a type of speech directed toward infants, characterized by short, simple sentences

infant-directed speech

billy billy calls his favorite blanket a "blankie." when he sees other blankets in the house, however, he does not refer to them as a "blankie" because he uses that name only for his favorite blanket, this is an example of

under extension

T/F at approx. 3 years old a child can follow the principles of grammar most of the time

true

What is the term for the aspect of language that relates to communicating effectively and appropriately with others?

pragmatics

The concept that all of the world's languages share a similar underlying structure was created by ________ and is called ________

Chomsky; universal grammar.

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