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AQA A2 English Language (B)- Child language acquisition and language change
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1In the stages of phonological development, which of the stages are at 12-18 months approximately?
- AVegetative
- BCooing
- CBabbling
- DProto-words
- EHolophrastic
- FTwo word
- GTelegraphic
- HPost-telegraphic
2During what stage do children of different nationalities sound different?
- AVegetative
- BCooing
- CBabbling
- DHolophrastic
- ETwo word
- FTelegraphic
- GPost-telegraphic
3In the stages of phonological development, which of the stages are at 12-18 months approximately?
- AVegetative
- BCooing
- CBabbling
- DProto-words
- EHolophrastic
- FTwo word
- GTelegraphic
- HPost-telegraphic
4The consonants 'm' and 'n' are what type of sound?
- ANasals
- BLaterals
- CPlosives
- DFricatives
- EAffricatives
- FApproximants
5What are the types of phonological errors?
- ASubstitution
- BOverextension
- CDeletion
- DCluster reduction
- EVirtuous errors and overgeneralisations
- FAddition
- GAssimilation
- HReduplification
- IProto
6Skinner believed there was an innate mechanism known as the LAD.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
7What are the problems of the LAD?
- AAll children gain the same features at the same time.
- BSimilar grammar is used throughout languages.
- CNo location of the mechanism is found.
- DUnderestimates the significance of Skinner's imitation theory.
- EIt is based on anecdotal evidence.
8Which of the following are contextual cues?
- AIntonation, stress and non-verbal communication.
- BIntonation, person's name and contextual cues.
- CHolophrases, stress and grammatical structures.
- DLADs, stress and non-verbal communication.
9Name the types of holophrases.
- AImperatives, exclamatives, intergratives and declaratives.
- BExclamatives, telegraphic, naming and modifiers.
- CInterrogatives, declaratives, exclamatives and imperatives.
- DDeclaratives, proto-word, actions and events.
10Name the types of holophrases.
- AImperatives, exclamatives, intergratives and declaratives.
- BExclamatives, telegraphic, naming and modifiers.
- CInterrogatives, declaratives, exclamatives and imperatives.
- DDeclaratives, proto-word, actions and events.
1150%of first words were nouns.
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12What was the percentage of personal/social words?
- A18%
- B8%
- C28%
- D80%
13Nouns are function words.
- AVerdadeiro
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14Calling a cat a dog is underextension.
- AVerdadeiro
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15Who said overextension is more common?
- AEve Clark
- BLeslie Rescorla
- CJean Aitchinson
16What are the three stages of linking lexical and semantic development?
- ALabelling, packaging and network building.
- BLabelling, requesting and protesting.
- CHolophrase, two word and telegraphic.
17Inflectional morphology is where new words are created through prefixes and suffixes.
- AVerdadeiro
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18How do you work out the mean letter utterance?
- AAdd morphemes. This does not include bound morphemes.
- BAdd morphemes. This includes bound morphemes.
- CDivide by the number of people.
- DDivide by the number of utterances.
19Which of the following account for the morphemes developed in the post-telegraphic stage of morphological development?
- APresent tense progressive: -ing.
- BDeterminers.
- CQuantifiers.
- DPlural: -s.
- EPossessive: 's
- FPast tense regular -ed.
20Discovery learning is learning through doing as thought shapes language.
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21Adverbials are parts of the clause that can't be removed.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
22Wh- questions are more difficult to form than yes/no questions.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
23Aitchinson developed the stages of questions and negatives.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
24Jean Berko proved overgeneralisations occur through the Wug test.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
25Instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, representational, imaginative and heuristic were introduced by who?
- ADore
- BHalliday
26In play, young children often we use props/pivots, whereas, older children use their imagination.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
27Concrete operational is the stage where object permanence develops.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
28Name the features common in CDS.
- AProsodic features, e.g. high pitch.
- BWh- questions.
- CRepetition of sentence frames.
- DShort elliptical sentences.
- EAbstract nouns.
- FFew verbs/modifiers.
29Why are animals used as characters in reading books?
- AThey are not humans and they are boring.
- BAble to personify emotion, they are fun and subvert the stereotype.
30What are the stages of Brumer's LASS in developing reading?
- AGaining attention.
- BSensorimotor.
- CQuery.
- DFeedback
- ELabelling.
- FPracticing.
- GHeuristic.
31What factors influence language change?
- AVolcanic eruptions.
- BWars and invasions.
- CMigration, travel and globalisation.
- DScience and technology.
- ENew inventions.
- FSocial, cultural and ideological changes.
- GShakespeare's hairstyle.
32Diminutive suffix softens the meaning.
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33One of the ways that language changes is through adapting/reusing words, examples include:
- AEponym
- BGrammatical conversion
- CNeologism/coinage
- DAffixiation
- EProprietary names
- FObsolete
- GCompound
- HBack formation
- IBlend
34Amelioration is where language loses status and takes a more negative meaning.
- AVerdadeiro
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35Orthography is the study of punctuation.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
36ſ was replaced by the s in the 19th century.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
37When was Johnson's dictionary developed which was the most popular and important in the process of standardisation?
- A1755
- B1775
- C1975
- D1875
- E1777
38Jean Aitchinson believed in the 'crumbling castle view', the 'infectious disease assumption' and the 'damp spoon'.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
39What are the features that Jonathan Swift believed language was decaying as a result?
- AContracted words
- BShortening verbs
- CMonosyllabic verbs
- DElongating verbs
- EBarbarism
40Dr Johnson invented the first dictionary.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
41Why is language standardised?
- APrescriptivists hate all language.
- BIt gives language prestige.
- CIt gives language a national identity.
- DIt reintroduces Morse code.
- EIt allows people of the same language to communicate effectively.
- FIt prevents language being stolen.
42Norman Fairclough brought forward the idea of informalisation.
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