Question 1

How are first-language acquisition and typical second-language acquisition different?

Accepted Answer

•When learning a first language,children

Question 2

"The Lord is a shoving leopard to his flock" and "easier for a camel to go through the knee of an idol" are examples of which type of speech errors,which consists of exchanges of sounds between words?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chomskian production errors 
B)  psycholinguistic conjunctive errors 
C)  Freudian slips 
D)  spoonerisms 
A)  Chomskian production errors 
B)  psycholinguistic conjunctive errors 
C)  Freudian slips 
D)  spoonerisms

Question 3

Language learning is fastest for the youngest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In human language,the relation between signs and meanings is:

Accepted Answer

A)  not arbitrary. 
B)  arbitrary. 
C)  arbitrary in reading. 
D)  arbitrary in sign language. 
A)  not arbitrary. 
B)  arbitrary. 
C)  arbitrary in reading. 
D)  arbitrary in sign language.

Question 5

Which is NOT a feature of human language?

Accepted Answer

A)  semanticity and arbitrariness of units 
B)  displacement in time and space 
C)  discreteness and productivity 
D)  All of the answers are features of human language. 
A)  semanticity and arbitrariness of units 
B)  displacement in time and space 
C)  discreteness and productivity 
D)  All of the answers are features of human language.

Question 6

Broca's area is located in the _____ region.

Accepted Answer

A)  parietal 
B)  prefrontal 
C)  occipital 
D)  temporal 
A)  parietal 
B)  prefrontal 
C)  occipital 
D)  temporal

Question 7

Linguists focus much of their study of language on two elements: _____,which is concerned with the infinite number of utterances that are possible,and _____,which centers on the systematic nature of these utterances.

Accepted Answer

A)  volume;cadence 
B)  replication;uniformity 
C)  productivity;regularity 
D)  selectivity;routinization 
A)  volume;cadence 
B)  replication;uniformity 
C)  productivity;regularity 
D)  selectivity;routinization

Question 8

According to linguists,a grammar:

Accepted Answer

A)  needs only to be able to prescribe all acceptable utterances in the language. 
B)  needs only to be able to reject all unacceptable utterances in the language. 
C)  needs to be able to prescribe all acceptable utterances and reject all unacceptable utterances. 
D)  should help to regularize the language. 
A)  needs only to be able to prescribe all acceptable utterances in the language. 
B)  needs only to be able to reject all unacceptable utterances in the language. 
C)  needs to be able to prescribe all acceptable utterances and reject all unacceptable utterances. 
D)  should help to regularize the language.

Question 9

The sentence "They are stewing meats" is an example of a _____ ambiguity.

Accepted Answer

A)  lexical 
B)  productive 
C)  regular 
D)  structural 
A)  lexical 
B)  productive 
C)  regular 
D)  structural

Question 10

What was the critical finding of Smith,Brown,Toman,and Goodman's (1947)study of language that employed the drug curare to temporarily paralyze the participant?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humans have an innate ability to produce language. 
B)  Chimpanzees are able to process human language when the higher centers of their brains are unfettered by motor sequences. 
C)  The left hemispheres of birds become active when human voices are presented. 
D)  For humans,thinking is not tied to muscle activity. 
A)  Humans have an innate ability to produce language. 
B)  Chimpanzees are able to process human language when the higher centers of their brains are unfettered by motor sequences. 
C)  The left hemispheres of birds become active when human voices are presented. 
D)  For humans,thinking is not tied to muscle activity.

Question 11

Linguistic intuition is an example of _____ knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative 
B)  episodic 
C)  implicit 
D)  semantic 
A)  declarative 
B)  episodic 
C)  implicit 
D)  semantic

Question 12

There are no universal constraints on the kinds of languages that humans can learn.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which sentence is MOST likely to be produced?

Accepted Answer

A)  I speak [pause] tonight for the dignity [pause] of man and the destiny of democracy. 
B)  I speak tonight [pause] for the dignity of man [pause] and the destiny of democracy. 
C)  I speak tonight for [pause] the dignity of man and the [pause] destiny of democracy. 
D)  I speak tonight for the [pause] dignity of man and the destiny of [pause] democracy. 
A)  I speak [pause] tonight for the dignity [pause] of man and the destiny of democracy. 
B)  I speak tonight [pause] for the dignity of man [pause] and the destiny of democracy. 
C)  I speak tonight for [pause] the dignity of man and the [pause] destiny of democracy. 
D)  I speak tonight for the [pause] dignity of man and the destiny of [pause] democracy.

Question 14

In some cultures,parents do not speak to their children at all.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When speakers correct themselves,they tend to correct:

Accepted Answer

A)  only the incorrect word. 
B)  the entire phrase. 
C)  the entire clause. 
D)  the entire sentence. 
A)  only the incorrect word. 
B)  the entire phrase. 
C)  the entire clause. 
D)  the entire sentence.

Question 16

_____ refers to the fact that an infinite number of utterances are possible in any language.

Accepted Answer

A)  Generatability 
B)  Productivity 
C)  Regularity 
D)  Systematicity 
A)  Generatability 
B)  Productivity 
C)  Regularity 
D)  Systematicity

Question 17

The child first learns to speak some kinds of sentences perfectly,then learns to speak other kinds of sentences perfectly,and so on.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The hierarchical division of a sentence into phrase units is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  syntactic formalism. 
B)  phrase structure. 
C)  pause structure. 
D)  tree structure. 
A)  syntactic formalism. 
B)  phrase structure. 
C)  pause structure. 
D)  tree structure.

Question 19

Which feature(s)allow(s)the elements of language to be combined?

Accepted Answer

A)  semanticity and arbitrariness of units 
B)  displacement in time and space 
C)  discreteness and productivity 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  semanticity and arbitrariness of units 
B)  displacement in time and space 
C)  discreteness and productivity 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 20

Young children who suffer left-hemispheric damage:

Accepted Answer

A)  never develop language. 
B)  develop only rudimentary language skills in the left hemisphere. 
C)  develop only rudimentary language skills in the right hemisphere. 
D)  may develop language in the right hemisphere. 
A)  never develop language. 
B)  develop only rudimentary language skills in the left hemisphere. 
C)  develop only rudimentary language skills in the right hemisphere. 
D)  may develop language in the right hemisphere.

How are first-language acquisition and typical second-language acquisition different?

"The Lord is a shoving leopard to his flock" and "easier for a camel to go through the knee of an idol" are examples of which type of speech errors,which consists of exchanges of sounds between words?

Language learning is fastest for the youngest.

In human language,the relation between signs and meanings is:

Which is NOT a feature of human language?

Broca's area is located in the _____ region.

Linguists focus much of their study of language on two elements: _,which is concerned with the infinite number of utterances that are possible,and _,which centers on the systematic nature of these utterances.

According to linguists,a grammar:

The sentence "They are stewing meats" is an example of a _____ ambiguity.

What was the critical finding of Smith,Brown,Toman,and Goodman's (1947)study of language that employed the drug curare to temporarily paralyze the participant?

Linguistic intuition is an example of _____ knowledge.

There are no universal constraints on the kinds of languages that humans can learn.

Which sentence is MOST likely to be produced?

In some cultures,parents do not speak to their children at all.

When speakers correct themselves,they tend to correct:

_____ refers to the fact that an infinite number of utterances are possible in any language.

The child first learns to speak some kinds of sentences perfectly,then learns to speak other kinds of sentences perfectly,and so on.

The hierarchical division of a sentence into phrase units is referred to as:

Which feature(s)allow(s)the elements of language to be combined?

Young children who suffer left-hemispheric damage:

The Science of Cognition

Perception

Attention and Performance

Mental Imagery

Representation of Knowledge

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

Problem Solving

Expertise

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Individual Differences in Cognition

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Exam 12: Language Structure

How are first-language acquisition and typical second-language acquisition different?

"The Lord is a shoving leopard to his flock" and "easier for a camel to go through the knee of an idol" are examples of which type of speech errors,which consists of exchanges of sounds between words?

Language learning is fastest for the youngest.

In human language,the relation between signs and meanings is:

Which is NOT a feature of human language?

Broca's area is located in the _____ region.

Linguists focus much of their study of language on two elements: _____,which is concerned with the infinite number of utterances that are possible,and _____,which centers on the systematic nature of these utterances.

According to linguists,a grammar:

The sentence "They are stewing meats" is an example of a _____ ambiguity.

What was the critical finding of Smith,Brown,Toman,and Goodman's (1947)study of language that employed the drug curare to temporarily paralyze the participant?

Linguistic intuition is an example of _____ knowledge.

There are no universal constraints on the kinds of languages that humans can learn.

Which sentence is MOST likely to be produced?

In some cultures,parents do not speak to their children at all.

When speakers correct themselves,they tend to correct:

_____ refers to the fact that an infinite number of utterances are possible in any language.

The child first learns to speak some kinds of sentences perfectly,then learns to speak other kinds of sentences perfectly,and so on.

The hierarchical division of a sentence into phrase units is referred to as:

Which feature(s)allow(s)the elements of language to be combined?

Young children who suffer left-hemispheric damage:

The Science of Cognition

Perception

Attention and Performance

Mental Imagery

Representation of Knowledge

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

Problem Solving

Expertise

Reasoning

Decision Making

Language Comprehension

Individual Differences in Cognition

Filters

Linguists focus much of their study of language on two elements: _,which is concerned with the infinite number of utterances that are possible,and _,which centers on the systematic nature of these utterances.