WorksheetsLinguistics Week 1
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
Speech is a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used in various modes for thought and communication
True
False
Speech is how we say sounds and words. Speech includes ....
articulation, fluency and voice
fluency, phonology and syntax
articulation, pragmatics and voice
voice, semantics and morphology
The definition of phonology ....
studies the sounds of human speech
studies the structure of words
studies the patterns of sound and how sounds are used within a language
is an act in which information is given or received
Sign language is 'universal'
True
False
Sign language is NOT purely iconic
True
False
'No natural connection between a linguistic form and its meaning'.
Which language feature best describes the sentence above?
Arbitrariness
Productivity/
Creativity
Displacement
Discreteness
Which one of the following would NOT be considered a part of productivity/creativity?
Novel utterances are continually being created
A child learning language is especially active in forming and producing utterances which he/she has never heard before
The potential number of utterances in any human language is finite
One-to-one, face-to-face interaction with caregivers is a
(a)
Triadic interactions include the child, her caregiver and another entity/entities in the environment
True
False
Joint attention is:
a child and adult focusing on the same thing
participants are both aware that the focus of attention is shared
initially adult-led but over time the child starts using vocalisations, words and gestures to draw their caregivers' attention
All of the above
Around (age) _______ infants start using non-verbal and verbal cues of a trusted caregiver to gain information about a new object/situation.
9-10 months
6-9 months
10-12 months
1 year +
The process of infants starting to use non-verbal and verbal cues of a trusted caregiver to gain information about a new object/situation, is called:
(a)
___________ satisfies a cognitive motivation to learn about the world. This usually happens in younger infants.
Emulation
Imitation
__________ is driven by a social motivation to promote a shared experience. This usually happens in toddlers (older infants).
Emulation
Imitation
Pointing (deictic gestures) usually emerges around _____ of age
6-9 months
9-10 months
10-14 months
1.5 years +
Imperative pointing is performed in order to make the addressee do something
True
False
Declarative pointing is to direct attention
True
False
Children are born with the following social and cognitive skills:
To attend to people
To tune into speech over non-speech sounds
They do NOT attend to people's intentions
