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The First Language Acquisition-General Linguistic

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Strings of words in phrases or sentences produced by two-year-old children”. The above definition corresponds to:

a)

Cooing

b)

Developing Semantics

c)

Telegraphic Speech

d)

The acquisitions process

2.

Which of these statements is a requirement of Acquisition?

a)

Pre-language” use of sound provides the child with some experience of the social role

b)

The child gradually becomes capable of producing sequences of vowel-like sounds

c)

Child need interaction with other language-users

d)

A conversational structure that seems to assign an interactive role to the young child

3.

Developing syntax subdivide into fourth stages. Stage 1 occurs between 18 and 26 months, Stage 2 between 22 and 30 months, Stage 3 between 24 and 40 months, and Stage 4 between 26 and 48 months. The information mentioned above is:

a)

False

b)

True

4.

What is the meaning of Cooing?

a)

The language that an acquirer/learner is exposed to, in contrast to output.

b)

Capability to bring back their tongue with the back of the palate, producing these velar consonants [g][k]

c)

A child must be able to hear that language being used

d)

The conversational structure that seems to assign an interactive role to the young child

5.

One child was asked what “basketball” is and he answered, “ a round, orange, and grooved ball that bounces”.

This example represents the stage:

a)

Later Development

b)

Developing Syntax

c)

Developing Morphology

d)

Developing Semantics

6.

“if I knowed the last bug I eated would be the last bug I eated, I woulda eated it slower,' Phil said sadly."

The above example represents the stage of the first language acquisition of:

a)

Later Development

b)

Input

c)

Acquisition Schedule

d)

Developing Morphology

7.

What is the meaning of input?

a)

The child gradually becomes capable of producing sequences of vowel-like sounds

b)

Pre-language” use of sound provides the child with some experience of the social role

c)

The language that an acquirer/learner is exposed to, in contrast to output.

d)

Capability to bring back their tongue with the back of the palate, producing these velar consonants [g][k]

8.

The distinctions between several other pairs such as before/after and buy/sell also seem to be later acquisitions.

This information is:

a)

False

b)

True

9.

"A conversational structure that seems to assign an interactive role to the young child even before he or she becomes a speaking participant"

The above statement is the meaning of:

a)

Babbling

b)

Cooing

c)

The two-word stage

d)

Caregiver Speech

10.

What stage of the first language acquisition does this image represent?

a)

Caregiver Speech

b)

Telegraphic Adquistion

c)

The two-word Stage

d)

Input