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FLA Midterm

Abby Betts 20 questions

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  1. 1What is the nativist approach to first language acquisition?
    1. AChildren actively construct the rule systems of their native language aided by a brain already prewired with a special language capacity
    2. BLanguage development is the result of a child striving to make sense of the world and to extract meaningful patterns.
    3. CAn approach to language acquisition supported by Jean Piaget.
    4. DAn approach that is backed by observable facts.
  2. 2Describe the difference between naturalistic and experimental paradigms.
    1. ANaturalistic paradigms refer to a sample of a child's spontaneous language, experimental paradigms refer to a sample of a child's language obtained from a specific task.
    2. BNaturalistic paradigms are more ideal but limiting- they offer no information about speech comprehension, only speech production.
    3. CExperimental paradigms are related to highly specific data and give insight into speech comprehension- however, the results are specific and not reflective of daily, normal speech.
    4. DAll of the answers are correct.
  3. 3What is the current approach regarding first language acquisition?
    1. AChildren are active constructors of a language- they are reorganizing their knowledge into increasingly sophisticated, abstract, and flexible mental representations. (ACG)
    2. BChildren are taught language in a similar way to operant conditioning, they receive rewards and punishments. (Skinner)
    3. CChildren have a specific language capacity that gives them the innate ability to learn language. (Chomsky)
  4. 4What is the difference between phonetics and phonology?
    1. APhonetics- the measurable and physical production of sounds. Phonology- descriptive, patterns of sounds.
    2. BPhonology also deals with the mental representations of sounds.
    3. CPhonetics- systems and structures of speech, phonology- articulation and acoustics.
    4. DAll of the answers are correct.
  5. 5Which of the following are easiest to articulate and thus preferred by children?
    1. ACVCV patterns
    2. BStops, nasals, glides
    3. CBoth CVCV and stops, nasals, glides
    4. DCCV patterns
  6. 6Which of the following is correctly matched to its definition?
    1. ASubstitution- one segment will be made more similar to another one
    2. BAssimilatory processes- substituting one sound segment with another
    3. CSyllable structure processes- addition or removal of sounds that alters the structure of syllables in some way
    4. DNone of these are correct
  7. 7Which of the following is false about overextension?
    1. AOverextension refers to the semantic error where children use a word to represent more categories than it acutally does.
    2. BAn example of overextension would be a child calling any male "daddy"
    3. COverextension can be categorical or analytical. Categorical is misusing a word for one member of a category and extending it to other members of that category. Analytical is extending some feature of an object and applying it to incorrect categories.
    4. DAn example of overextension would be a child not calling gray cats "cats" because they only call black cats "cats"
  8. 8Why might children incorrectly use a word?
    1. APhonological avoidance- children use a word that is similar and easier to pronounce
    2. BVocabulary gaps and retrieval problems- children use a related word that is more readily available
    3. CWords as comments- children have more complex propositions in their minds
    4. DPlayfulness and metaphor- children are deliberate and creative (word play)
    5. EAll of the answers are correct
  9. 9Which of the following is false?
    1. AWe learn about children's mental representations through repeated instances of their speech and behavior.
    2. BWhen children are around 5 they shift from paradigmatic (finding synonyms, antonyms, and co-hyponyms) to syntagmatic responses (syntactic phrases)- it is linked to literacy.
    3. CChildren have a preference for learning smaller, more frequent words.
    4. DVocabulary builds from large abstract categories (superordinate) to concrete (subordinate) through increasing differentiation.
  10. 10Describe the differences between derivational and inflectional morphology.
    1. ADerivational- make new words from old ones includes compounding, affixation, conversion, substitution.
    2. BInflectional- altering original word to give it new meaning includes verb endings, possessive markers
    3. CBoth of these are correct.

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Language Acquisition 328 Covers all terms and topics discussed in class regarding FLA
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