Grammatical Development

Question 1

Define grammatical development

Answer 1

Learning the grammar of the English Language

Question 2

How many words does the child’s 1st sentences consist of

Answer 2

2

Question 3

By 3 how many words does the child’s sentences consist of

Answer 3

3/4

Question 4

Define overextension

Answer 4

Using one word to describe things of the same category

Question 5

Define underextension

Answer 5

Using a word to describe a thing and not others

Question 6

When is the holophrastic stage

Answer 6

12-18 months

Question 7

What is a holophrase and what is the function

Answer 7

Single word utterance & and as phrases or sentences

Question 8

Eg of a holophrase

Answer 8

gone

Question 9

Eg of a longer utterance

Answer 9

all gone

Question 10

What is dada?

Answer 10

interrogative

Question 11

what is dada

Answer 11

declarative

Question 12

what is dada!

Answer 12

Exclamation

Question 13

what percentage of single word utterances are nouns

Answer 13

60%

Question 14

what percentage of single word utterances are verbs

Answer 14

20%`

Question 15

When is the two word stage?

Answer 15

18-24 months

Question 16

What is “this is baby’s chair”

Answer 16

possession

Question 17

what is “put baby in the chair”

Answer 17

command

Question 18

what is “baby is in the chair”

Answer 18

statement

Question 19

According to Brown what is agent

Answer 19

subject

Question 20

According to Brown what is entity

Answer 20

subject being located

Question 21

According to Brown what is action

Answer 21

verb

Question 22

According to Brown what is entity (2)

Answer 22

subject being described

Question 23

According to Brown what is location

Answer 23

adverbial

Question 24

According to Brown what is affected

Answer 24

object

Question 25

According to Brown what is adjective

Answer 25

attribute

Question 26

When are inflections used

Answer 26

Two word stage

Question 27

When are questions used

Answer 27

Two word stage

Question 28

When are negatives used

Answer 28

Two word stage

Question 29

What is nomination

Answer 29

Labelling a person

Question 30

What is recurrence

Answer 30

the repetition of events

Question 31

What is negation

Answer 31

denial or rejection

Question 32

What is”daddy kick”

Answer 32

Agent + action

Question 33

What is “ throw stick”

Answer 33

Action + affected

Question 34

What is “me ball”

Answer 34

Agent + affected

Question 35

What is “sit chair”

Answer 35

Action + location

Question 36

What is “spoon table”

Answer 36

Entity + location

Question 37

What is “kitty big”

Answer 37

Entity + attribute

Question 38

What is “daddy coat”

Answer 38

Possessor + possession

Question 39

What is “that cake”

Answer 39

Nomination

Question 40

What is “more ball”

Answer 40

Recurrence

Question 41

What is “no ball”

Answer 41

Negation

Question 42

When is the telegraphic stage

Answer 42

2-3 years

Question 43

What will children retain and drop in the telegraphic stage

Answer 43

content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives), function words (pronouns, prepositions, auxiliary verbs)

Question 44

Who designed the “wug test”

Answer 44

Berko

Question 45

Briefly describe the wug test

Answer 45

Children were given the made up object and asked what two - were called if they said wugs they had learnt the rule

Question 46

Why do children overgeneralise the past tense

Answer 46

They apply -ed to all verbs even the irregular ones

Question 47

Who researched into negatives and questions?

Answer 47

Bellugi and McNeill

Question 48

What could a rising intonation signal

Answer 48

A question

Question 49

What is combining a negative word with other words displaying eg no bed

Answer 49

A negative