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What are the recursive mechanisms that allow sentences to go indeterminately in language acquisition?
What are the recursive mechanisms that allow sentences to go indeterminately in language acquisition?
- Phonology, morphology, and syntax
- Speech perception, speech production, and vocabulary acquisition
- Relativization, complementation, and coordination (correct)
- Syntax, semantics, and phonology
What are the two main guiding principles in first-language acquisition?
What are the two main guiding principles in first-language acquisition?
- Speech perception precedes speech production, and language is learned all at once
- Speech production always precedes speech perception, and language is learned all at once
- Speech production precedes speech perception, and language is learned gradually
- Speech perception always precedes speech production, and language is learned gradually (correct)
What are the tools that one needs to acquire to use language successfully?
What are the tools that one needs to acquire to use language successfully?
- Speech perception, speech production, and vocabulary acquisition
- Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and vocabulary (correct)
- Syntax, semantics, and phonology
- Relativization, complementation, and coordination
What is the fundamental difference between animals and humans in their motivation to learn language?
What is the fundamental difference between animals and humans in their motivation to learn language?
What was the result of the study conducted on Victor of Aveyron?
What was the result of the study conducted on Victor of Aveyron?
What did researchers conclude about Genie's ability to learn language?
What did researchers conclude about Genie's ability to learn language?
What is the main focus of nativists, such as Chomsky, in understanding language acquisition?
What is the main focus of nativists, such as Chomsky, in understanding language acquisition?
What is the difference between first-language acquisition and second-language acquisition?
What is the difference between first-language acquisition and second-language acquisition?
What is the argument of empiricists like Thomas Hobbes and John Locke regarding language acquisition?
What is the argument of empiricists like Thomas Hobbes and John Locke regarding language acquisition?
What is B. F. Skinner's theory on language acquisition?
What is B. F. Skinner's theory on language acquisition?
What was Rudolf Carnap's Aufbau?
What was Rudolf Carnap's Aufbau?
What is the term used by Hockett to describe the design feature of human language that allows for the creation of completely novel messages?
What is the term used by Hockett to describe the design feature of human language that allows for the creation of completely novel messages?
What is the argument made by Chomsky against Skinner's idea of language acquisition through operant conditioning?
What is the argument made by Chomsky against Skinner's idea of language acquisition through operant conditioning?
What is the key aspect that distinguishes humans from other beings in terms of language acquisition?
What is the key aspect that distinguishes humans from other beings in terms of language acquisition?
What is the argument made by Noam Chomsky against the term 'learning' used by Skinner to describe language acquisition through operant conditioning?
What is the argument made by Noam Chomsky against the term 'learning' used by Skinner to describe language acquisition through operant conditioning?
