________ is/are a system that relates sounds (or gestures) to meaning.

The term phonology refers to

The sounds of a language are referred to as

The term semantics refers to

Aisha is fascinated with learning the meanings of words. Aisha has a keen interest in

Syntax refers to

 The rules used to specify how words are combined to form sentences are referred to as

 ________ is the study of how people use language to communicate effectively.

Preschool children ignore sentence cues when learning the meanings of words.

Calling all four-legged animals doggie is an example of under extension.

Naming objects that are the focus of a child's attention can help the child learn new words.

The single most important factor in the growth of vocabulary is heredity.

Preschoolers who regularly watch shows like Sesame Street usually have smaller vocabularies than preschoolers who watch these shows only occasionally.

Which of the following is an example of a phoneme?

Six-month-old Seiko is growing up in a home where Japanese is the only language spoken. Is she likely to be able to discriminate speech sounds that are used in English but are not used in Japanese?

Seven-month-old Julius hears this conversation:

John: I want to go swim.

John's dad: Do you want to swim in the pool?

John: No, I want to swim in the lake.

If Julius then hears the words "run" and "swim," what would you expect him to do?

One way that young infants seem to identify words is by

When using ________, adults speak slowly and with exaggerated changes in pitch and loudness.

A cochlear implant is a device that picks up on speech sounds and

Cochlear implants

Intonation refers to

A child's ability to make connections between new words and referents so rapidly that he or she cannot be considering all possible meanings for the new word is referred to as

Hannah uses the word cat to refer only to her cat, not to other cats. Hannah's mistake is an example of

When Utsav is riding in the car with his mother, he will point at buses, vans, bikes, and trucks and say "car." This is an example of

Which of the following is the best example of an overextension?

What is the single most important factor in growth of a child's vocabulary?

Eighteen-month-old Lenny's vocabulary contains some words that are names for objects but also has many social phrases such as "I want it" and "Go away." Lenny has a(n) ______ style of learning a language.

Kim has an expressive style of learning language. Ellie has a referential style of learning language. You would expect to find that

Nicole is being raised in a home where both English and Spanish are spoken. She is likely to

You are on a committee formed to make a recommendation to a school system about how to best help non - English-speaking children master both academic content and English. Based on research in this area, what language would you recommend be used for instruction?

When Angela says "Me down" instead of "I would like to get down," she is using

Which child showed overregularization?

Behaviourist learning theorists propose that

Which of the following statements reflects how children acquire grammar (according to the linguistic view)?

Noel believes that children master grammar in the context of interactions with adults in which both parties want improved communication. Noel's beliefs fit best with the

According to the cognitive view, children learn language by searching across many examples stored in memory.

The basic building blocks of language that are used to form words are called

Infants pay more attention to

Which of the following is TRUE of infant-directed speech?

When young children are learning new words, they