Linguistics and Language Development Quiz
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What is one of the few physical clues found in remains of early humans related to language development?

  • The evidence of early human civilization
  • The artifacts left by our ancestors
  • The size of their brains
  • The development of the mouth, throat, and tongue (correct)
  • What is the next step after developing the ability to produce vowel and consonant sounds?

  • Forming complex sentences
  • Creating cave paintings
  • Learning grammar and sentence structure
  • Developing the capacity to invent words (correct)
  • What occurred between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago, which seems to have a connection with speaking and how our brains control our mouths and face?

  • The development of complex sounds
  • A change in the size of human brains
  • A gene mutation related to language and brain control (correct)
  • The evidence of early human civilization
  • What is one of the unanswered questions about early human language development?

    <p>How much influence genes have on language development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the significant changes observed between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago related to language development?

    <p>The appearance of cave paintings as evidence of early human civilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

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