10 Questions
What is noun-category bias?
Infants first learn nouns as they as conceptually easier to understand.
Why does Pinker criticise language determinism?
Circular logic: if language constrains emotion, how did we feel the emotion needed for for the word before the word was invented.
What are 3 characteristics unique to human language, according to Hockett?
Traditional Transmission, Productivity and Displacement
What is the fourth stage of language development?
Telegraphic
What are the 2 principles of the garden-path model of parsing?
Minimal Attachment and Late Closure
What is pragmatics?
Considering the context to determine what is meant, not just what is said.
Deep dyslexia negatively affects the...
Non-lexical route
Morton's Logogen Model is...
Parallel and doesn't have word-to-letter feedback
'Sadhia doesn't like cats as much as horsies': has how many morphemes?
10
The Language Acquisition Devise was created by which approach?
Nativist
Test your knowledge of language and linguistics with this quiz covering topics such as noun-category bias, Pinker's critique of language determinism, Hockett's characteristics of human language, language development stages, principles of the garden-path model, and pragmatics.
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