Language Development in Early Childhood

What is the primary challenge to nativist views of language learning?

What is the primary focus of Bayesian language learning?

What is the concept that suggests that early exposure to language has a significant impact on cognitive development?

What is the primary application of ELIZA in natural language processing?

What is the primary focus of the direct access hypothesis in word processing during reading?

What is the primary function of transitional probabilities in language processing?

What is the term for the phenomenon where language learners become less able to recognize phonemes from non-native languages as they age?

At what age do English-speaking listeners tend to lose the ability to perceive the Hindi t sound difference?

What percentage of subtle phoneme differences in non-native languages can infants perceive at birth or a few weeks after?

Which of the following languages is known for its difficulty in distinguishing between the English r and l sounds?

What is the role of the language acquisition device in the brain, according to Chomsky?

What is the impact of high anxiety on language acquisition?

Why is it important to minimize anxiety in language acquisition?

What is the relationship between motivation and language acquisition?

What is the goal of the language partner in describing pictures?

What is the primary assumption in Fodor's model of language learning?

What is the key difference between Chomsky's model and Fodor's model of language learning?

What is the primary implication of the poverty of stimulus argument in language learning?

What is the role of the language acquisition device in Chomsky's model?

What is the primary challenge in testing the claim of innatism in language learning?

What is the primary implication of the parallel model of single-word processing supported by the PET study?

What is the main difference between phonological dyslexia and surface dyslexia?

According to the direct access hypothesis, what is the primary mechanism for accessing word meaning?

What is the characteristic of skilled adult readers according to the research?

What is the primary implication of the results of the PET study for language processing?

What is the characteristic of beginning and less skilled readers according to the research?

What is the term for the learning disability that interferes with reading despite average or above-average intelligence?

What is the primary function of the fixation point in the PET study?

What is the primary difference between Condition 2a and Condition 2b in the PET study?

What is the primary implication of the research for language acquisition?

What is the estimated average number of new words learned by an average adult between ages 2 and 18?

What is the minimum number of speakers required for a language to survive the ages?

What percentage of the world's children are raised as bilingual speakers?

How many languages are estimated to exist in the world today?

What was the working vocabulary of the gorilla Koko?

What is the percentage of accuracy in language recognition at 10-12 months according to Werker's research?

What is the estimated difference in the number of words heard by a child from a professional family compared to a child from a poverty-stricken family by age 3?

What is the effect of TV talk on vocabulary acquisition in infants according to DeLoache's study?

What is the proposed explanation for the racial and socioeconomic gap in academic performance according to some researchers?

What is the implication of the finding that the number of words heard by children from their caregivers before age 3 affects their IQ and academic performance?