Universal grammar - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

UCLA Ling 1 Final Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers language as a TOOL - answerSpeakers encode meanings into sounds, Listeners decode speech sounds (or hand shapes) into meaning language as a type of KNOWLEDGE - answerYou have a finite set of building blocks and rules. You know how to use them. This is unconscious knowledge. You understand the inventory of sounds in your language: Phonetics. You understand the sound patterns in your language, what sequences are possible: Phonolog...

UCLA Ling 1 Final Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers language as a TOOL - answerSpeakers encode meanings into sounds, Listeners decode speech sounds (or hand shapes) into meaning language as a type of KNOWLEDGE - answerYou have a finite set of building blocks and rules. You know how to use them. This is unconscious knowledge. You understand the inventory of sounds in your language: Phonetics. You understand the sound patterns in your language, what sequences are possible: Phonolog...

TESOL CST Question and answers already passed 2024 Interlanguage - correct answer Larry Selinker. Combined L1 and L2 language Overgeneralization - correct answer Learner attempts to apply a rule across the board, without regard to irregular exceptions. Fossilization - correct answer L1 learner reaches a plateau and accepts that less than fluent level Marked Structure - correct answer Less common- unhappy vrs happy (Happy is more commonly used) Unmarked Structure - correct an...

A child says, "C," and the dad gives the child a cookie. A child says, "Coo, " and the dad gives the child a cookie. The child says, "Cook," and the dad gives the child a cookie. The child says, "Cookie" and the dad gives the child a cookie. Which of Skinner's key processes for learning language is the father using? Imitating Prompting Shaping Repetition - correct answer Shaping At what age can children be expected to understand words of order and time and to use sentences th...

ABSC 160 EXAM 3 Question and answers 100% correct ABSC 160: language development Phonology - correct answer The study of the sounds of a languauge Syntax - correct answer The grammar of a language Semantics - correct answer The study of the meanings of words Pragmatics - correct answer The rules that guide how we use language in social situations Morpheme - correct answer The smallest unit in a language that has meaning Phoneme - correct answer The smallest unit o...

TEXES 160 PPR Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which of the following rationales would a supporter of block scheduling provide to convince others to support the organizational structure? A. Teachers can focus on more subjects in a shorter time B. There is an emphasis on mastering facts and skills C. Students' time in quality learning situations is increased D. The responsibility for learning is shifted to the teachers C. Students' time in quality learning situations is increased Which...

CTEL Test 1: Chapt. 1> Language Structure/ Exam Preview. VERIFIED/ List of some of the universal features that all languages share. - 1. All languages have Structure: -all use a finite set of sounds or gestures that form an infinite # of possible sentences. -all have grammar: rules for forming words & sentences -all have similar grammatical categories such as nouns & verbs. -all have a way of referring to past time, the ability to negate, and ways to form questions & issue commands. ...

language - ANSWER-a system of symbols that is used to communicate with others or in our thinking phonology - ANSWER-the study of the sounds of a language syntax - ANSWER-the grammar of a language semantics - ANSWER-the study of the meanings of words pragmatics - ANSWER-the rules that guide how we use language in social situations morphemes - ANSWER-the smallest unit in a language that has meaning phoneme - ANSWER-the smallest distinct sound in a particular language nativism ...

List of some of the universal features that all languages share. CORRECT ANSWER 1. All languages have Structure: -all use a finite set of sounds or gestures that form an infinite # of possible sentences. -all have grammar: rules for forming words & sentences -all have similar grammatical categories such as nouns & verbs. -all have a way of referring to past time, the ability to negate, and ways to form questions & issue commands. -all have semantic universals (male, female) 2. All langua...

SHS 402 Exam 1 Questions with All Correct Answers What are the 2 ways you can describe the mastery of a language? - Answer- proficiency dominance What are the 2 ways acquisition of L2 can be described? - Answer- BICS: Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills CALPS: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency Skills What are the ways L1 and L2 can influence one another? - Answer- language intereference/transfer: the grammar, vocab, phonology, or pragmatics of L1 may have an impact on the pr...