28 Questions
What type of sound change involves the deletion of a consonant followed by the insertion of a vowel?
Epenthesis
Which type of sound change involves the substitution of 'x' or '0' with 'f'?
Rhotacism
In which sound change process does 'k' change to 'ts' or 'tf'?
Palatalization
What type of sound change involves the deletion of a vowel, as seen in 'cura' becoming 'cure'?
Apocope
Which process involves the word becoming more favorable, such as the change from 'tricky' to 'attractive'?
Amelioration
What does the innateness hypothesis propose about children's language acquisition?
Children learn rules not directly from their linguistic input.
What is the Critical Age Hypothesis related to language?
Language is developed during a specific period biologically.
What stage of language acquisition involves sounds that have no specific meaning?
Babbling stage
What does the Logical Problem of Language Acquisition suggest about children's language learning process?
Children know the hierarchical organization of clauses.
How does the concept of Prosodic Bootstrapping relate to English language acquisition in children?
It highlights the prevalence of trochaic words in English.
What is the main premise behind the Impoverished Input theory in language acquisition?
'Poor' linguistic input can still enable successful language acquisition.
What is the term for the process by which a listener obtains information about a word from their mental lexicon?
Lexical access
Which area of the brain is associated with processing agrammatical sentences?
Broca's area
According to the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis, what is the main difference between L1 and L2 acquisition for typical developing children?
All L1 children successfully acquire their native language
Which factor does NOT affect L2 acquisition according to the text?
Emotional intelligence
What is the term for the grammar constructed by learners to acquire their target grammar?
Interlanguage grammar
Which type of dyslexia is characterized by the inability to read function words?
Acquired dyslexia
What is the role of acquisition pragmatics in language development?
Assists in identifying pronouns in context
Which statement best describes the acquisition of phonology in infants?
Infants acquire a small set of common phonemes across all languages.
What role does imitation play in language development according to the text?
Children imitate the speech they are exposed to.
How do SLI children differ from average children in terms of language acquisition?
SLI children acquire language slower than average and have issues with function words.
What is the primary source of information for bottom-up language processing?
Acoustic information used by the listener
How do infants segment the speech stream to identify words according to the text?
Infants extract information from speech stream and know what to look for to identify words.
What aspect of language processing is highlighted in the text?
Involves creativity and psychological processes
Why do people not repeat sentences they heard before according to the text?
Because of the creativity of language
What is the relationship between grammaticality and interpretability according to the text?
There is a mismatch between them
What is the significance of age in L2 acquisition according to the text?
The younger the individual, the better competence in the target language
What triggers language change according to the text?
Generational shifts
Test your knowledge on articulatory simplification in sound changes, including deletion of consonants, insertion of vowels, assimilation, palatalization, nasalization, and umlaut. Practice identifying simplified, more efficient articulatory movements in words.
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