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_________________________ 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 A child’s phonotactic representations or patterns are also correlated with ______________________. a. Vocabulary […]

____________________ determine(s) where functions will be located in the brain. a. Experiences b. Maturation c. Genes d. Synaptogenesis _______________________ include reduplication, assimilation, CVCV constructions, open syllables, and consonant cluster reductions. a. Motor speech errors b. Articulation errors c. Phonological patterns […]

The negative effects of otitis media seen during early language development tend to resolve by age ___________. a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 10 African American children living in poverty may use the _________________ marker less frequently. a. Past-tense […]

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 Much of preschool syntactic and morphologic development can […]

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 The _________________ is interested in the psychological processes and constructs underlying language. a. […]

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 The membranes that cover the CNS are called ________________. a. […]

___________________ is a verbal means of communicating that requires very precise neuromuscular coordination. a. Phonology b. Language c. Speech d. Communication The _____________________ is used in English to indicate an activity that is currently or was recently in progress and […]

In adults, _________________________ neighborhood density may positively influence the integration of new word representations. a. Low b. Distant c. High d. Near Initially, the possessive is attached only to ______________________. a. Regular plurals b. Irregular plurals c. Inalienable objects d. […]

Which is considered by some sociolinguist to be the organizing principle of language? a. Syntax b. Pragmatics c. Morphology d. Phonology Neurons migrate to form specialized areas of function beginning at ___________. a. 2 months gestation b. 4 months gestation […]