Learning Sentences Flashcards
Why is acquiring a new word a difficult task?
Many words do not refer to observable phenomena and have to be heard
What assumption is associated with the word that refers to the whole object?
Whole object assumption
What assumption is associated with the word that refers to a type of thing?
Type assumption
What assumption is associated with the word that refers to objects that are alike in basic ways?
Basic level assumption
What are two errors in word-meaning acquisition?
Overextension and underextension
The term that refers to the acquired meaning being more general than the intended meaning is?
Overextension
The term that refers to the acquired meaning being more specific than the intended meaning is?
Underextension
What is an example of overextension?
Duck as any type of bird
What is an example of underextension?
Bird as ducks only
What are the three stages of morphological overgeneralization?
Words are memorized whole, inflectional morphology overgeneralized, adult like morphology
Identify the stage of syntax development
a. Limited number of sentential patterns, absence of functional items
b. One word used to convey an entire utterance
c. Longer sentences, some functional items and inflectional morphology still missing
a. Two word stage
b. One word stage
c. Telegraphic stage
True or false: Rapid development occurs before telegraphic stage
False, it occurs after
