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What is a primary focus of psycholinguistics?
Which of the following is a direction of study in psycholinguistics?
What is the term for the study of language acquisition in children?
What is the idea that we are born with an innate knowledge of language structure?
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What is the term for the learning and development of a person's language?
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Who is the psycholinguist who argues that elements of linguistic knowledge are innate?
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What is the primary goal of understanding language acquisition in children?
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How does language influence cognitive processes, according to psycholinguistics?
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What is the study of language acquisition in children also known as?
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What is the relationship between language and cognitive processes, according to psycholinguistics?
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What is the primary function of the language acquisition device in Chomsky's theory?
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Which of the following theories of language acquisition is associated with the idea that language acquisition is primarily driven by environmental factors?
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What is the common thread among the four main theories of language acquisition?
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What is the significance of the concept of universal grammar in Chomsky's theory?
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Which of the following theorists is associated with the idea that language acquisition is primarily driven by cognitive processes?
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What is the main difference between the Nativist Theory and the Behavioural Theory?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four main theories of language acquisition?
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What is the main focus of the Nativist Theory of language acquisition?
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Which of the following theorists is associated with the Behavioural Theory of language acquisition?
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What is the main purpose of the language acquisition device in Chomsky's theory?
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At what age can children produce utterances such as 'baby chair' and 'mommy eat'?
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What is a characteristic of the two-word stage of language acquisition?
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What is a feature of telegraphic speech in 2-2.5 year olds?
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At what age do children's vocabulary and pronunciation abilities improve?
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What is a characteristic of language acquisition at 18-24 months?
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What is a feature of language acquisition at 2-2.5 years?
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At what age do children start using grammatical inflections and simple prepositions?
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What is a characteristic of language acquisition at 3 years?
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What is a feature of holophrastic speech?
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At what stage do children's vocabulary and pronunciation abilities begin to develop rapidly?
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What is the primary characteristic of the two-word stage of language acquisition?
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What is the term for the extension of a word's meaning to unrelated objects based on similarities of shape, sound, and size?
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What is the characteristic of language acquisition at 2-2.5 years?
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What is the term for the gradual process of narrowing down the meaning of a word?
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What is the characteristic of language acquisition at 3 years?
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What is the primary mechanism by which children acquire language, according to the provided text?
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Which of the following inflectional morphemes appears first in children's language development?
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What is the characteristic of the child's language development in the example 'the owl eat candy and he run fast'?
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What is the primary characteristic of the first stage of forming questions in children's language development?
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What is a characteristic of children's overgeneralization of inflectional morphemes?
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What is a characteristic of the errors made by a learner in the process of L2 development, according to the provided text?
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What is the procedure for analysing learner errors, as described in the provided text?
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What is a challenge of the EA approach, as mentioned in the provided text?
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What do errors in L2 development provide evidence of, according to the provided text?
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What is the focus of the approach described in the provided text, as opposed to CA?
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What do errors in L2 development reveal, according to the provided text?
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What is the benefit of analysing learner errors, as described in the provided text?
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What is the difference between the approach described in the provided text and CA?
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What is the purpose of collecting a sample of learner language, as described in the provided text?
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What is a limitation of the EA approach, as mentioned in the provided text?
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What is the primary focus of the Monitor Model?
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What is a key concept in the Input Hypothesis?
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What is the main challenge of the Monitor Model approach?
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What is the primary goal of the Natural Order Hypothesis?
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What is the role of the Affective Filter Hypothesis?
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What is the main difference between the Monitor Model and the Input Hypothesis?
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What is the primary focus of the Acquisition-Learning Distinction?
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What is the primary goal of the Natural Order Hypothesis?
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What is the main challenge of the Input Hypothesis?
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What is the primary role of the Affective Filter Hypothesis?
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What is the implication of Genie's case on the critical period hypothesis?
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What is the significance of Genie's left ear advantage in dichotic listening tests?
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What is a distinctive feature of Genie's language development?
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What is the implication of Genie's case on the concept of language localization?
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What is the significance of Genie's language development in the context of language acquisition?
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What is the relationship between Genie's language abilities and her brain damage?
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What is the implication of Genie's case on the understanding of language processing?
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What is the significance of Genie's case in the context of psycholinguistics?
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What is the implication of Genie's case on the understanding of language and the brain?
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What is the significance of Genie's language development in the context of language acquisition research?
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What is a characteristic of fluency disorder in speech?
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What is a common cause of voice disorders in children?
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What is an example of an articulation disorder?
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What can be a consequence of vocal abuse in children?
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What is the characteristic of Broca's aphasia in terms of speech and writing?
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What is a characteristic of voice disorder?
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Which type of aphasia results from a lesion in Wernicke's area of the brain?
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What is the primary characteristic of Anomic aphasia?
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Which type of aphasia is characterized by the inability to read and write, despite normal speech and understanding?
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What is the primary effect of Conduction aphasia on language abilities?
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What is the primary function of child-directed speech in language acquisition?
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What is the main idea behind Bruner's interactionist theory of language acquisition?
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What is the role of caregivers in language acquisition, according to the text?
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What is the term for the adaptation of language used by adults when speaking to young children?
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What is the primary goal of caregivers when using child-directed speech?
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What is the relationship between language acquisition and cognitive development, according to the text?
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What is the significance of scaffolding in language acquisition, according to Bruner?
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What is the primary difference between child-directed speech and adult language?
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What is the significance of the four theories of language acquisition mentioned in the text?
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What is the primary characteristic of child-directed speech, according to the text?
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