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WorksheetsUNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 16mins
Who is the father of modern linguistics?
Ferdinand Saussure
Noam Chomsky
Stephen Krashen
Stephen Chomsky
Nativists and generativists both think that language is innate.
TRUE
FALSE
On the first stage, babies do not go through the same stages of language development because of their race and environment.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following statements is correct?
Kids only acquire language at the age of 5.
Kids who have above average IQ acquires language compared to average ones.
Kids acquires language and knows about how it works at a really early age.
None of the above
For the nativists, where does the ability to learn and use language is biologically hardwired?
behavior
brain
environment
mouth
For the nativists, humans are not born with a particular language.
FALSE. Language is innate.
FALSE. Language is already instilled in the brain.
TRUE. Babies are not capable of learning at a very early stage
TRUE. We only pick up sounds and turn them as our mother tongue.
According to the nativists, infants master language way faster than they should if they are a blank slate.
TRUE
FALSE
Babbling of babies is universal.
TRUE
FALSE
Babies prefers labial sounds compared to other sounds such as stop sounds and low vowel sounds.
FALSE. Babies prefer stop sounds only.
FALSE. Babies prefer labial and stop sounds than low vowel sounds.
FALSE. Babies prefer stop sounds and low vowel sounds than labial sounds.
FALSE. Babies prefers labial, stop and low vowel sounds.
What do you call the sound made with the lips?
alveolar
bilabial
labial
stop articulations
Which of the following has a stop sound?
/k/
/l/
/p/
/r/
At an average rate, how many words does a 24 months old child know?
50
100
300
500
How does motherese or baby talk affect the language development of a child?
Explain the concept of universal grammar (UG).
