Child Language

The Social Interactionist theory suggests that children learn via a Language Acquisition Support (a)  

What is another term for 'Child-Directed Speech'?

• Scaffolding

• Caregiver Language

• Operant conditioning

• Convergence

Which features are typical of child-directed speech? Select all that apply.

• Prosody

• Specialist language

• Imperatives

• Interrogatives

• Simplified language

Who said overgeneralisations are common in a child's developing language?

• Skinner

• Chomsky

• Bruner

• Halliday

• Paul and Norbury

Who said that caregivers expand upon children's utterances to teach them a more complex model?

• Skinner

• Paul and Norbury

• O'Grady

• Chomsky

• Bowerman

Who said that children often use changing verb overgeneralisations and adjective experimentation when their vocab is advanced and they then test the limits of regularities?

• Paul and Norbury

• O'Grady

• Bowerman

• Bruner

• Chomsky

Which example is a change of location verb?

• Cut

• Put

• Give

• Make

Who said children learn via imitation and trial and error?

• Chomsky

• Skinner

• Bruner

Why would a caregiver not correct a child's every utterance?

• To encourage non-standard English

• They do correct everything all the time

• They allow children to experiment knowingly

• Protect self-esteem and maintain positive facework

William (a)   said that parents use shorter syntax when communicating with a child.