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Children's spatial semantic's acquisition

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When do children start using spatial morphemes?

a)

14 - 16 months old

b)

16 - 20 months old

c)

18 - 20 months old

d)

2 years of age

2.

Which speaker needs to acquire more complex spatial morphemes?

a)

English speal

b)

Korean speaker

3.

Do children worldwide acquire spatial semantics approximately at the same time?

a)

yes

b)

no

4.

Spatial relationship (a)   (for/from) other languages.

5.

How do we refer to a moving or located object?

a)

Path

b)

Motion

c)

Ground

d)

Figure

6.

How do we call the reference object?

a)

Path

b)

Motion

c)

Ground

d)

Figure

7.

What locative preposition does English use in the case, where the figure is supported by the ground?

(a)  

8.

*Fun question

What does "kkita" mean in Korean?

(According to Melissa Bowerman)

(a)  

9.

What does a child first understands from a word?

(a)  

10.

What comes first?

a)

Spatial morphemes

b)

non-linguistical spatial knowledge

11.

What is the first morpheme children learn/understand? (more than one correct answer)

a)

in

b)

under

c)

front

d)

on

e)

behind

12.

What is the meaning of "in" and "on"? (How do we differentiate one from the other?)

a)

"In" is a support, "On" means a containment

b)

"In" means containment, "On" is support

c)

"In" means exclusion, "On" alignment

d)

"In" means alignment, "On" exclusion

13.

Are the same categories of meaning the same for all children worldwide?

a)

yes

b)

no