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The Chomskyan tradition assumed that generative rules are connected serially, with one connection between each pair of neurons in the brain. This assumption was challenged by what model?
The Chomskyan tradition assumed that generative rules are connected serially, with one connection between each pair of neurons in the brain. This assumption was challenged by what model?
- Spolsky model
- Messy but fruitful model
- Serial processing model
- Parallel distributed processing (PDP) model (correct)
What does the parallel distributed processing (PDP) model propose about information processing?
What does the parallel distributed processing (PDP) model propose about information processing?
- Information is processed simultaneously at several levels of attention (correct)
- Information is not processed at all
- Information is processed serially
- Information is processed randomly
What are some of the levels of attention that the brain attends to while reading?
What are some of the levels of attention that the brain attends to while reading?
- Serial connections between neurons
- One rule being applied after another
- Letters, word juncture, and meaning (correct)
- Random neural interconnections
What does the text suggest about a child's (or adult's) linguistic performance?
What does the text suggest about a child's (or adult's) linguistic performance?
What was provided by the parallel distributed processing (PDP) model?
What was provided by the parallel distributed processing (PDP) model?
Language development is intertwined with which of the following?
Language development is intertwined with which of the following?
Which area of linguistic research did investigations by Kuczaj (1984) and Budwig (1995) focus on?
Which area of linguistic research did investigations by Kuczaj (1984) and Budwig (1995) focus on?
What is being tackled in all its variability within the perspective of language development?
What is being tackled in all its variability within the perspective of language development?
Which researchers explored the interaction between a child's language acquisition and the learning of how social systems operate in human behavior?
Which researchers explored the interaction between a child's language acquisition and the learning of how social systems operate in human behavior?
What do investigations of child language focus on?
What do investigations of child language focus on?
