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WorksheetsLanguage Acquisition
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
stage from birth - ~2 months; when babies make involuntary sounds and might even develop differentiated THIS
a)
crying
b)
cooing
c)
babbling
d)
Holophrastic Stage
2.
stage from ~2 - ~5 months; when babies make vowel-like sounds, THESE pleasant noises, & laughter; can take turns
a)
cooing
b)
babbling
c)
Telegraphic Stage
d)
2-word stage
3.
stage from ~5 months - ~12 months; when babies practice producing all kinds of speech sounds/handshapes
a)
babbling
b)
cooing
c)
Telegraphic Stage
d)
crying
4.
when babies repeat one syllable over and over again
a)
Reduplicative/Syllabic Babbling
b)
Variegated Babbling
c)
Jargon Babbling
d)
Holophrastic Stage
5.
when babies alter consonants or vowels in their syllables
a)
Variegated Babbling
b)
Reduplicative/Syllabic Babbling
c)
Jargon Babbling
d)
2-word stage
6.
when babies add prosodic or intonational patterns reminiscent of adult speech to their babbles
a)
Jargon Babbling
b)
Variegated Babbling
c)
Reduplicative/Syllabic Babbling
d)
Telegraphic Stage
7.
babies acquiring this language babble with tones on individual syllables (just like in the adult version of the language)
a)
Chinese
b)
English
c)
French
d)
Hawaiian
8.
stage around ~12 months; when babies start to create their own words
a)
protoword
b)
cooing
c)
babbling
d)
2-word stage
9.
perception test used on babies 0-6 months; involves a pacifier
a)
High Amplitude Sucking Technique
b)
Conditioned Head-Turn Procedure
c)
Wug Test
d)
fMRI
10.
perception test used on babies 5-18 months; can tell if a baby hears new sounds by whether they move their heads or not
a)
Conditioned Head-Turn Procedure
b)
High Amplitude Sucking Technique
c)
Wug Test
d)
fMRI
11.
babies can identify these very soon after birth; tested w/ HAS
a)
mom's voice / prosody of mom's language(s)
b)
Voice Onset Time
c)
contextual cues
d)
Passive Voice
12.
the time between the release of a stop and the voicing of a following vowel
a)
Voice Onset Time
b)
prosody
c)
place of articulation
d)
contextual cues
13.
age when babies perceive all phonological distinctions that are possible (much more than adults)
a)
around 6-months old
b)
around 1 year old
c)
around 2 years old
d)
at birth
14.
age when babies can no longer perceive all phonological distinctions that are possible (about the same as adults)
a)
around 1 year old
b)
around 6-months old
c)
around 2 years old
d)
at birth
15.
age when babies can produce all of the sounds of the world's languages
a)
around 6-months old
b)
around 1 year old
c)
around 2 years old
d)
at birth
16.
age when the sounds that babies produce are limited to the ones they are exposed to
a)
around 1 year old
b)
around 6-months old
c)
around 2 years old
d)
at birth
17.
Which of these is NOT a type of phonological developmental error?
a)
overgeneralization
b)
assimilation
c)
weak syllable deletion
d)
gliding
18.
one of the ways a toddler will simplify a consonant cluster
a)
by splitting it up w/ an unstressed vowel
b)
interdental fronting
c)
velar fronting
d)
de-affrication
19.
a person’s Grammar of the language(s) they speak
a)
linguistic competence
b)
linguistic performance
c)
perception
d)
production
20.
what a person actually produces in speaking / writing
a)
linguistic performance
b)
linguistic competence
c)
perception
d)
production
21.
age when the number of words a baby produces seems to grow suddenly
a)
around 2 years old
b)
around 6-months old
c)
around 1 year old
d)
at birth
22.
What is is called when the number of words a baby produces seems to grow suddenly?
a)
Vocabulary Burst
b)
Telegraphic Stage
c)
2-word stage
d)
Holophrastic Stage
23.
In word learning: when you assume that a new word describes an entire object, rather than just some portion of it
a)
Whole Object Assumption
b)
Type Assumption
c)
Basic Level Assumption
d)
syntactic bootstrapping
24.
In word learning: when you assume that a new word refers to a certain kind of object, not a specific one
a)
Type Assumption
b)
Basic Level Assumption
c)
Whole Object Assumption
d)
contextual cues
25.
In word learning: when you assume that a new word refers to objects that are alike in basic ways
a)
Basic Level Assumption
b)
Whole Object Assumption
c)
Type Assumption
d)
morphological overgeneralization
26.
when there is visual/environmental or syntactic "help" in figuring out what words mean
a)
contextual cues
b)
syntactic bootstrapping
c)
morphological overgeneralization
d)
Type Assumption
27.
how you figure out what a word is by its position in a sentence, added morphemes, etc.
a)
syntactic bootstrapping
b)
contextual cues
c)
weak syllable deletion
d)
Basic Level Assumption
28.
when a child's meaning for a word is more general or inclusive than an adult’s meaning
a)
semantic overextension
b)
semantic underextension
c)
morphological overgeneralization
d)
assimilation
29.
when a child’s meaning for a word is too restrictive
a)
semantic underextension
b)
semantic overextension
c)
morphological overgeneralization
d)
consonant cluster reduction
30.
stage from 12-18 months; otherwise known as the 1-word stage
a)
Holophrastic Stage
b)
2-word stage
c)
Telegraphic Stage
d)
protoword stage
31.
stage from 18-24 months; when a toddler produces "mini" sentences; beginnings of word order
a)
2-word stage
b)
Telegraphic Stage
c)
Holophrastic Stage
d)
protoword stage
32.
stage from 24-30 months; when a toddler produces 3+ word sentences that don't have bound morphemes or function words
a)
Telegraphic Stage
b)
Holophrastic Stage
c)
2-word stage
d)
protoword stage
33.
English speaking toddlers DON'T UNDERSTAND it early because it's not common; Sesotho & Inuktitut toddlers PRODUCE it early because it's common in their languages
a)
Passive Voice
b)
Voice Onset Time
c)
Variegated Babbling
d)
consonant cluster reduction
34.
when kids apply a morphological rule to EVERY word that they can - including irregular forms
a)
morphological overgeneralization
b)
Vocabulary Burst
c)
protoword stage
d)
semantic overextension
35.
production test used on toddlers that uses made-up words/pictures to see if they have morphological rules
a)
Wug Test
b)
Conditioned Head-Turn Procedure
c)
High Amplitude Sucking Technique
d)
fMRI
36.
proves we don't have lists of every possible word in our lexicon
a)
Wug Test
b)
Conditioned Head-Turn Procedure
c)
High Amplitude Sucking Technique
d)
fMRI
37.
developed the Wug Test in 1958
a)
Jean Berko Gleason
b)
Paul Broca
c)
Carl Wernicke
d)
Noam Chomsky
38.
coined the term "aphasia"
a)
Paul Broca
b)
Carl Wernicke
c)
Jean Berko Gleason
d)
Noam Chomsky
39.
discovered an area of the brain involved in speech production
a)
Paul Broca
b)
Carl Wernicke
c)
Jean Berko Gleason
d)
Noam Chomsky
40.
discovered an area of the brain involved in speech comprehension
a)
Carl Wernicke
b)
Jean Berko Gleason
c)
Paul Broca
d)
Noam Chomsky
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