10 Questions
According to the constructivist approach, how do children produce multiword utterances?
By using memorized patterns strongly tied to their experiences
Who is mentioned as a researcher supporting the constructivist approach?
Tomasello
What does Tomasello claim about the language input provided by caregivers to children?
It contains similar patterns to the ones produced by children
According to the constructivist approach, what supports the idea that there is no innate understanding of syntactic categories in children?
The match between the input and the output by the child
What is the main claim of the constructivist approach to syntactic development?
Children produce multiword utterances using memorized patterns tied to their experiences
According to the text, which of the following statements is true about the generativist approach to language acquisition?
Children have inherent understanding of syntactic categories
What does Maratsos propose about the acquisition of grammar according to the text?
It is based on data sifting and induction process
What supports the generativist position according to the text?
The overregularization errors made by children in their speech
According to Lieven et al. (2003), what did their study analyze?
The similarities between children’s utterances and previous adult speech in conversations at home
What is one of the explanations for overregularization errors, as mentioned in the text?
The existence of abstract grammatical categories from early on
Test your knowledge of theoretical approaches to syntactic development with this quiz. Explore the constructivist approach, generativist approach, and the combination of constructivist and generativist approaches in child language development.
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