13 Questions
Which design feature from Hockett (1960) has the advantage that it frees up much of the body to do other things at the same time?
vocal - auditory channel
Which inference is involved in the minimalist approach?
Based on quick and available information
What results occurred from Spinney1979?
Similar words to the word in the sentence lead to faster responses.
Which of the 4 factors is NOT a part of the human language
Vocal exercise
Linguistic relativity in gender is evidence for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
True
Which 2 factors does the Sapir - Whorf hypothesis state that is involved in our language?
Strong language determinism & weak linguistic relativism
Which one of these principles does Frazier (1987) effect parsing?
Late closure
Identify the speech error: She bounced and felled.
Shift
Fancy getting your model renosed?
Exchange
Diana just started the book, she gave it a 5 star.
Substitution
What are used to identify phonemes of a language?
Minimal pairs (sip & zip)
Identify the 2 stage process in lexicalisation (lexical retrieval)
Meaning (lemme) then form
In Patricia Kuhl's experiment why couldn't the Japanese children no longer distinguish between R&L.
During the critical period the babies focus on the statistic of their own language so Japanese learnt sounds that crossed over R&L.
Test your knowledge of language design features, minimalist approach inferences, Spinney1979 results, factors in the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, and language involvement according to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
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