10 Questions
What is one of the major problems in language acquisition?
Distinguishing language sounds from other sounds
What is a characteristic of the 'Motherese' technique used in language development?
Adults help kids with high pitch, slow rate, exaggerated intonation
At what stage do children typically start learning syntax, rules, and generalizations in language development?
Telegraphic (two-word) stage
What is a characteristic of the U-shaped learning of irregular past tense in language development?
Children initially use the correct irregular past tense, then switch to regular past tense, and later revert to the irregular form
What is a significant ability of infants during their first year in language development?
Infants can discriminate all phonemes from all languages during their first year
What is the term for the stage in language development where children typically use single words to express themselves?
Holophrastic stage
What is the term used to describe the speech directed at infants with a high pitch, slow rate, and exaggerated intonation to aid language acquisition?
Motherese
During the first year, infants can discriminate all phonemes from all languages, but gradually lose non-relevant discriminations. What is this process called?
Phonemic attrition
What is the term for the stage in language development where children start to learn syntax, rules, and generalizations, often making errors like 'goed' instead of 'went'?
Telegraphic stage
What is the term used to describe the learning of language without negative feedback about grammar or pronunciation, suggesting the existence of linguistic universals?
Universal grammar learning
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