Language Development: An Introduction 9th Edition

_________________________ are organized around a series of episodes linked to some person or theme. a. Event structures b. Topic associating narratives c. Heaps d. Topic centered stories Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B A child's phonotactic representations or patterns are also correlated with ______________________. a. Vocabulary growth b. Prosodic patterns c. Infant-directed speech d. Mental maps Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Which temporal

____________________ determine(s) where functions will be located in the brain. a. Experiences b. Maturation c. Genes d. Synaptogenesis Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C _______________________ include reduplication, assimilation, CVCV constructions, open syllables, and consonant cluster reductions. a. Motor speech errors b. Articulation errors c. Phonological patterns d. Communication intentions Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C High _______________________ can result in more confusion and slower,

The negative effects of otitis media seen during early language development tend to resolve by age ___________. a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 10 Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C African American children living in poverty may use the _________________ marker less frequently. a. Past-tense "ed b. Voiced plural /z/ c. Regular plural d. Present progressive Answer: A Answer: A Answer:

When does actual reading by parents usually begin? a. End of the first year b. End of the second year c. End of the third year d. End of the fourth year Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Much of preschool syntactic and morphologic development can be described with __________________. a. Size of vocabulary b. Measures of complexity c. MLU d.

Discrimination, especially for language decoding, requires _________________ to hold a message during processing. a. Working memory b. Short term memory c. Episodic memory d. Long term memory Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The _________________ is interested in the psychological processes and constructs underlying language. a. Linguist b. Psycholinguist c. Sociolinguist d. Behavioral psychologist e. Speech-language pathologist Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Once an infant

Most early infant and mother turns last for a. Less than 1 second b. Between 1 and 3 seconds c. Between 5 and 7 seconds d. More than 10 seconds Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The membranes that cover the CNS are called ________________. a. Myelin sheaths b. Hemispheres c. Meninges d. Ventricles Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C _____________________ consists of adaptation

___________________ is a verbal means of communicating that requires very precise neuromuscular coordination. a. Phonology b. Language c. Speech d. Communication Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The _____________________ is used in English to indicate an activity that is currently or was recently in progress and is of temporary duration. a. Progressive verb tense b. SVO word order c. Present

In adults, _________________________ neighborhood density may positively influence the integration of new word representations. a. Low b. Distant c. High d. Near Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Initially, the possessive is attached only to ______________________. a. Regular plurals b. Irregular plurals c. Inalienable objects d. Single animate nouns Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The ability to comprehend a proverb is strongly correlated

Which is considered by some sociolinguist to be the organizing principle of language? a. Syntax b. Pragmatics c. Morphology d. Phonology Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Neurons migrate to form specialized areas of function beginning at ___________. a. 2 months gestation b. 4 months gestation c. 6 months gestation d. 8 months gestation Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B At age ________________, a