Chapter 2 Part 2

Question 1

Using phrase and clause structure to produce more elaborate sentences

Answer 1

Complex syntax

Question 2

Cluster of words organized around a head

Answer 2

Phrase

Question 3

Structure containing a verb or verb phrase

Answer 3

Clause

Question 4

Ability to connect phrases

Answer 4

Phrasal coordination

Question 5

What are 3 types of sentence modalities?

Answer 5

Declarative, negatives, interrogatives

Question 6

Acquiring the rules of language that govern the sound structure of syllables and words

Answer 6

Phonological development

Question 7

What is one common measure of syntax for preschool children?

Answer 7

Mean length utterance (MLU)

Question 8

Learning and storing of the meaning of words

Answer 8

Semantic development

Question 9

Words a person understands and uses

Answer 9

Mental lexicon

Question 10

____ lexicon is larger than _____ lexicon

Answer 10

Receptive, expressive

Question 11

At 12 months, what is their lexicon like?

Answer 11

Few words

Question 12

At 24 months, what is their lexicon like?

Answer 12

300 words

Question 13

After 24 months, how many words do children learn per year?

Answer 13

860

Question 14

After 24 months, how many words to children learn per day?

Answer 14

2

Question 15

What factors influence word learning?

Answer 15

Concept, phonological form, conditions at initial word learning

Question 16

What happens during new word learning?

Answer 16

Meaning is incomplete, children will make errors

Question 17

Organization of the lexicon

Answer 17

Semantic network

Question 18

How do children expand their semantic network?

Answer 18

Making errors

Question 19

Learning the rules that govern how language is used as a social tool

Answer 19

Pragmatic development

Question 20

Use language as a instrument to convey mental state and as a tool for social-interaction

Answer 20

Communicative function

Question 21

Attention of two individuals is focused on the same object/event

Answer 21

Joint attention

Question 22

Initiation and establishment of a topic, navigation of contingent turns, resolution and closure

Answer 22

Conversation schema

Question 23

What is developed in pragmatic development?

Answer 23

Conversational skills

Question 24

At __ months they are able to join in on joint attention

Answer 24

9

Question 25

During pragmatic development, sensitivity to ____ increases

Answer 25

Extralinguistic cues

Question 26

What are some examples of extralinguistic cues?

Answer 26

Gestures, eye gaze, pitch, facial expressions, loudness

Question 27

How do children learn how to distinguish extralinguistic cues?

Answer 27

Observation, how you were addressed in the moment, error