Deck 8: C: Language,thinking,and Reasoning

Question 1

____means that there are an infinite number of unique sentences to be created by combining words in novel ways.

Answer 1

Generativity

Question 2

The social pragmatics account of language development emphasizes the ability of the child to make ____.

Answer 2

inferences (based on social interaction)

Question 3

One explanation for the difficulty of second language acquisition among adults is that when someone learns a second language in adulthood,they use different than ____ those who learn a second language in early childhood.

Answer 3

brain areas

Question 4

Social context and the use of gestures and facial expressions by the speaker are examples of ____.

Question 5

____ is a system of communication that combines symbols according to rules and in a way that conveys meaning.

Question 6

Sign language requires the signer to use their face,hands,body,and ____ to communicate.

Question 7

In addition to the bonobo,the ____ appears able to use language in a way that is more similar to human use than other animals.

Question 8

A commonly held belief that the Inuit have a thousand words for snow is an example of ____ .

Question 9

The vocalizations observed among animals that most closely resemble human referential communication are the ____ of the vervet monkey.

Question 10

One problem encountered in studying sign language is that the majority of deaf babies are born to ____.

Question 11

Spoken English and American Sign Language have ____ syntactic structure.

Question 12

Because language is arbitrary,it allows great ____ in conveying complex ideas and thoughts.

Question 13

Robots tend to "learn" better than computers because robots are exposed to more ____.

Question 14

It may seem obvious to adults,but the first key to prereading for young children is that they understand that writing has ____.

Question 15

In most cases,adults use ____ the majority of the time while reading words.

Question 16

The ____ account holds that language is not a specialized ability but rather an application of overall skills that children employ to navigate their world successfully.

Question 17

By the time they are roughly one year old,babies tend to use the ____ of their native language when babbling.

Question 18

The different times at which children acquire vocabulary and the ability to understand syntax suggests that the critical period is ____.