LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 2026 ACTUAL
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE STUDY PACKAGE
◉ communication.
Answer: includes all means by which information is transmitted
between a sender and receiver
◉ speech.
Answer: motor act of producing sounds
◉ displacement.
Answer: we can use language to talk about things that are not here &
now
◉ productivity.
Answer: we can say things with language that one one has said
before
◉ semanticity.
Answer: there's a fixed association between sounds we make and
meanings in our minds
,◉ arbitrariness.
Answer: any sound can be paired with any word meaning (for the
most part)
◉ distinguishing features/qualities of language.
Answer: displacement, productivity, semanticity, arbitrariness
◉ nature.
Answer: Chomsky, language is innate, language acquisition device
◉ nurture.
Answer: Skinner, children are a blank slate, learn language through
imitation and reinforcement
◉ major domains of language.
Answer: content, form, use
◉ content.
Answer: meaning of a language, word meaning, vocabulary system
◉ form.
, Answer: how words, sentences, and sounds are formed and
arranged, structure, tenses, and grammar
◉ use.
Answer: how people use language to meet personal and social
needs, intentions behind words, how well words actually achieve
their goal
◉ five components/parameters of language.
Answer: semantics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics
◉ semantics.
Answer: study of the meaning of words, vocabulary/lexicon, nouns,
verbs, etc., one word with many meanings and different words with
the same meaning, literally and figurative meanings
◉ phonology.
Answer: study of speech sounds and the rules of how those sounds
can be combined
◉ morphology.
Answer: study of the internal organization of words
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE STUDY PACKAGE
◉ communication.
Answer: includes all means by which information is transmitted
between a sender and receiver
◉ speech.
Answer: motor act of producing sounds
◉ displacement.
Answer: we can use language to talk about things that are not here &
now
◉ productivity.
Answer: we can say things with language that one one has said
before
◉ semanticity.
Answer: there's a fixed association between sounds we make and
meanings in our minds
,◉ arbitrariness.
Answer: any sound can be paired with any word meaning (for the
most part)
◉ distinguishing features/qualities of language.
Answer: displacement, productivity, semanticity, arbitrariness
◉ nature.
Answer: Chomsky, language is innate, language acquisition device
◉ nurture.
Answer: Skinner, children are a blank slate, learn language through
imitation and reinforcement
◉ major domains of language.
Answer: content, form, use
◉ content.
Answer: meaning of a language, word meaning, vocabulary system
◉ form.
, Answer: how words, sentences, and sounds are formed and
arranged, structure, tenses, and grammar
◉ use.
Answer: how people use language to meet personal and social
needs, intentions behind words, how well words actually achieve
their goal
◉ five components/parameters of language.
Answer: semantics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics
◉ semantics.
Answer: study of the meaning of words, vocabulary/lexicon, nouns,
verbs, etc., one word with many meanings and different words with
the same meaning, literally and figurative meanings
◉ phonology.
Answer: study of speech sounds and the rules of how those sounds
can be combined
◉ morphology.
Answer: study of the internal organization of words
