The Development of Morphology and Syntax ll

Question 1

What are the levels of Syntactic Analysis (2)

Answer 1

Syntactic Form Syntactic Function

Question 2

Why do clinicians need to know about morphosyntax? (2/4)

Answer 2

To formulate short and long term clinical goals
To monitor intervention progress
To evaluate the outcomes of language intervention

Question 3

Describe syntactic form.

Answer 3

Grammatical category of a word (noun, verb, pronoun etc.)

Question 4

Describe syntactic category.

Answer 4

Role of a word in relation to the rest of the
elements in a phrase, clause or sentence

Question 5

What are the major classes of words (9)

Answer 5

◦Nouns
◦Pronouns
◦Verbs
◦Adjectives
◦Determiners
◦Adverbs
◦Prepositions
◦Conjunctions
◦Interjections

Question 6

What are the function of determiners?

Answer 6

◦Provide information about the referent of a noun and its
characteristics
◦Clarify aspects of the noun

Question 7

What are the different types of determiners? (5)

Answer 7

Articles
Possessives
Demonstratives
Quantifiers
Wh- words

Question 8

What are adverbs?

Answer 8

Modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs
Most of the time end with -y

Question 9

What are adverbs?

Answer 9

Modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs
Most of the time end with -y

Question 10

What is the function of prepositions?

Answer 10

Connect nouns and pronouns to
other nouns, pronouns and
verb

Question 11

What are conjunctions?

Answer 11

Connect words, clauses or phrases together

Question 12

What are the two types of conjunctions?

Answer 12

coordinating and subordinating

Question 13

What is the role of Coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 13

Information on both sides of the words, phrases, or clauses have equal importance
Philip ate apples and oranges

Question 14

What is the role of subordinating conjunctions?

Answer 14

Connect one clause to another that has less weight or
importance ex: Don’t touch it [while is cooking]
dependent clause

Question 15

What are interjections?

Answer 15

Words used to express a strong emotion or feeling

Question 16

Describe syntactic function.

Answer 16

Role of a word in relation to the rest of the elements
in a phrase, clause or sentence

Question 17

What is the hierarchy in sentences?

Answer 17

word - phrase - clause - sentence

Question 18

What are phrases?

Answer 18

◦Group of words without a subject or verb
◦Include one* or more words
◦Can be combined to form sentences
◦Cannot stand alone (don’t constitute meaningful sentences)

ex: After dinner

Question 19

What are clauses?

Answer 19

Groups of words with subjects and predicates and are more complex than phrases

Question 20

What is the difference between independent and dependent clauses?

Answer 20

◦ Independent clauses: Clause that stands by itself
◦ Dependent clauses: Do not form a complete sentence on their own

Question 21

◦When assessing narrative skills in children we can use:
- _______: Minimal terminable unit (Hunt, 1965)
- _______: Communication unit (Loban, 1976)

Answer 21

◦When assessing narrative skills in children we can use:
- T-unit: Minimal terminable unit (Hunt, 1965)
- C-unit: Communication unit (Loban, 1976)

Question 22

What are sentences?

Answer 22

Most complex structural unit
◦“Consists of one or more clauses capable of presenting a complete thought in a manner which is grammatically
acceptable”

Question 23

Sentences
include at least one ______________ clause
Are_________________acceptable
Present a complete thought

Answer 23

Sentences
include at least one independent clause
Are grammatically acceptable
Present a complete thought

Question 24

Sentence Modalities
After Stage II there are major changes in children’s types of sentences such as __________, ___________, and ___________

Answer 24

negatives, questions and imperatives

Question 25

Describe the 3 main periods in the acquisition of negation:

Answer 25

1st period: Sentence is made negative by placing a negative marker
Ex: No go movies, No Mommy do it
◦ 2nd period: Negative word is moved inside the sentence and placed next to the main
verb
Ex: I no like it, I no want book
◦ 3rd period: Appearance of auxiliars and approximation to adult forms
Ex: You can’t have this, I’m not sad now

Question 26

Describe the what is occurring the acquisition of questions:

Answer 26

◦ Children rely on rising intonation during the earliest stages (e.g., ball
go?, I ride train?)
◦ Later, children form yes/no questions by reversing the subject of the
sentence (is Mommy going?) – Stage III
◦ Wh-questions are used to obtain more information
Wh

Question 26

Describe the what is occurring the acquisition of questions:

Answer 26

◦ Children rely on rising intonation during the earliest stages (e.g., ball
go?, I ride train?)
◦ Later, children form yes/no questions by reversing the subject of the
sentence (is Mommy going?) – Stage III
◦ Wh-questions are used to obtain more information