Social Interactionist Model

Question 1

The relationship to newborns with their caregivers is emphasized in this interpretation of language.

Answer 1

The social interactionist model

Question 2

According to the social interactionist model, syntax and manner of speech are learned from

Answer 2

those that speak to them.

Question 3

Social interactionist model

The tools for understanding language are given by

Answer 3

The child’s ever-expanding knowledge of the world and linguistic context

Question 4

according to social interactionists, the child begins to establish _________________ in the world and will need to devise ________________ to achieve them.

Answer 4

Goals

Linguistic strategies

Question 5

The child will draw on ______________ and non________________ utterances that they have heard, and will use this information in combination with other knowledge to achieve their goals.

Answer 5

linguistic

Question 6

The social interactionist model is useful, but like the nativist approach does not provide an explanation for the _______________________ exhibited by young children

Answer 6

startling ability to improvise language