20 Questions
What is the main task in learning the grammar of a sign language according to the text?
Learning arbitrary symbol-meaning connections
How are sign languages described in the text?
They have vocabulary and grammar
What characterizes most of the signs in sign languages according to the text?
They are completely arbitrary
What sets apart signed languages from spoken languages according to the text?
The reliance on gesture for transmission in signed languages
What is essential in acquiring a vocabulary in a sign language according to the text?
Learning arbitrary symbol-meaning connections
What is the main reason why deaf people using different sign languages can not understand each other easily?
The absence of a standardized sign language across different communities
What is the main similarity between sign languages and spoken languages?
Both have lexicon, sublexical components, and grammar
Why do some children who are able to hear at birth lose their ability before they have acquired language?
Due to a lack of exposure to sign language from infancy
What is the main difference between how deaf children acquire sign language and how hearing children acquire spoken language?
Deaf children acquire sign language through manual babbling, while hearing children acquire spoken language through vocal babbling
Why are facial expressions and body movements important in sign languages?
To convey grammatical information in sign languages
What did the current study investigate regarding children and their word knowledge?
Whether children were more likely to exclude familiar objects as potential referents if they could comprehend and produce the object's name
What was found to be a better predictor of excluding familiar objects as potential referents of novel words in children?
The children's level of word knowledge
In what way did the familiarity of the objects impact children's behavior in excluding them as potential referents of novel words?
Children were more likely to exclude familiar objects if they could comprehend and produce the name of the objects
What was the age range of the children who participated in the study?
2-4 years old
How many experimental sessions did the children take part in for this study?
Two sessions
What did the study by Evan Kidd and Joanne Arciuli investigate?
The relationship between statistical learning and children's comprehension of syntax
What did the study by Lera Boroditsky and Lauren A. Schmidt focus on?
The influence of grammatical gender in German, English, and Spanish languages
What is the main focus of the first experiment conducted by Lera Boroditsky and Lauren A. Schmidt?
The gender associations with proper names of objects
What was found in the second experiment conducted by Lera Boroditsky and Lauren A. Schmidt?
Participants' ideas about the gender of objects were influenced by grammatical gender in different languages
What did the study by Evan Kidd and Joanne Arciuli reveal about statistical learning and comprehension of syntax?
Statistical learning independently predicted comprehension of two syntactic structures showing variability in children aged 6 to 8
Explore the grammar of sign language and its role as a productive system for conveying meanings through combinations of words and grammatical morphemes, similar to spoken language. Understand that sign languages are genuine languages with their own lexicon and grammar, where most signs are arbitrary.
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