Chapter 1

Question 1

Knowledge of word structure

Answer 1

Morphemic knowledge

Question 2

Refers to a persons production of language to communicate

Answer 2

Expressive language

Question 3

Knowledge of how words can be combined in meaningful sentences or phrases

Answer 3

Syntactic knowledge

Question 4

Cognitive structures in our memory that organize our conceptual knowledge

Answer 4

Schemata

Question 5

A conscious awareness of distinctive speech sounds

Answer 5

Phonemic awareness

Question 6

Involves verbally reflecting on one’s language concepts

Answer 6

Metalinguistic verbalization

Question 7

Refers to the word labels that specify concepts and also to the semantic networks

Answer 7

Semantic knowledge

Question 8

The grammar of a language

Answer 8

Syntax

Question 9

Is the smallest linguistic unit of sound

Answer 9

Phoneme

Question 10

Is the way variations in intonation loudness tempo and rhythm are used to add meaning to what is said

Answer 10

Prosody

Question 11

Refers to knowledge about sound-relations in a language

Answer 11

Phonological knowledge

Question 12

Refers to a persons comprehension of oral or written language

Answer 12

Receptive language

Question 13

Smallest unit of meaning in language

Answer 13

Morpheme

Question 14

A bound morpheme that changes a word to correspond to syntactic rules

Answer 14

Inflectional morphemes

Question 15

Bound morphemes that may change the way a word is used in an utterance or sentence (ex: happy, happiness or construct, construction)

Answer 15

Derivational morphemes

Question 16

Morpheme that is used alone as a word

Answer 16

Free morphemes

Question 17

A morpheme that must be attached to a free morpheme (ex: ly in slowly)

Answer 17

Bound morpheme

Question 18

Knowledge of how language is used in relation to one’s gender

Answer 18

Genderlect

Question 19

Instances where a speaker assumes that a word follows a specific regular pattern or rule when it does not (ex: go, goed, good, goodest)

Answer 19

Over generalizations

Question 20

Knowledge of the different ways in which language is used in different settings and for different purposes

Answer 20

Pragmatic knowledge

Question 21

Unconscious knowledge of how language is used

Answer 21

Linguistic knowledge

Question 22

Conscious knowledge of how language can be manipulated

Answer 22

Metalinguistic knowledge

Question 23

Varied ways language is used for specific purposes or functions

Answer 23

Register

Question 24

By: Bloom/Tomaselli/Hollich nature and nurture “hybrid” approach recognizing the interaction of nature and nurture in the language acquisition process and focuses on the process of language learning eg. cognitive processing & social interactions/environment

Answer 24

Interactive-emergentist

Question 25

Vygotsky/Bruner/Halliday nurture contends that children acquire language through their attempts to communicate with the world around them. Language is acquired by individuals as they develop awareness of how to function and communicate in society.

Answer 25

Sociocultural

Question 26

Chomsky/Pinker nature all people have the capacity to acquire language due to cognitive structures. Language is an instinct not a cultural invention

Answer 26

Nativist

Question 27

Piaget nature language is acquired as maturation occurs and cognitive competencies develop

Answer 27

Cognitive developmental

Question 28

Skinner nurture child is considered a “blank slate” and all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment, this theory believes nature plays very little role

Answer 28

Behaviorist