Language & Intelligence "Textbook Scavenger Hunt" Reading Quiz

Phonemes are best defined as: 

• The smallest meaningful combination of sounds in a language
• The basic sounds of consonants and vowels
• Something that specifies the meaning of words and phrases
• A special form of communication

A word or part of a word that is in itself meaningful, but that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units, is called

• Grapheme
• Morpheme
• Phoneme
• Holophrase

The rules of grammar are rules of

• Phonemes
• Morphemes
• Syntax
• Semantics

Grammar

• the system of rules for acceptable language
• the smallest units of sound that carry meaning
• the system of rules for putting words in order
• the system of using words to create meaning

Semantics

• the system of rules for putting words in order
• the smallest units of sound that carry meaning
• the smallest units of sound that make up language
• the system of using words to create meaning

When a child first says dada, dada, dada or mama, mama, mama. Rather than associating meaning with that combination of consonants and vowels, the baby is

• Cooing
• Doodling
• Booing
• Babbling

Which of the following best identifies the early speech stage and age in which a child speaks using content words?

• two-word (telegraphic) stage, 12 months
• one word stage, 24 months
• two-word (telegraphic) stage, 24 months
• one-word stage, 12 months

Communicating ideas through symbols

• language
• syntax
• insight
• morphemes

Way in which words are arranged to make phrases and sentences

• semantics
• syntax
• symbols
• heuristics

The Critical Period Hypothesis states

• that language acquisition is linked to age
• that language lasts forever
• that language acquisition is instant