LANGUAGE PRACTICE TEST 1
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
According to Chomsky the ___________________ structure of a
sentence is the actual wording of the sentence. - ✔✔surface
The requirement that a declarative sentence have both a noun phrase
and a verb phrase is an example of a... - ✔✔rule of syntax
The sentence, "The nervous the stared thick at exam student" would be
virtually impossible for an English speaker to understand because the
sentence violates the rules of English... - ✔✔syntax
, The fact that there are different sounds across languages that all
represent the same thing reflects the... - ✔✔semantic quality of
language
Dean ate ice cream for the first time yesterday. All day today he has
been asking for ice cream. This would be an example of... - ✔✔fast
mapping
Noam Chomsky contended that... - ✔✔there is an inborn biological
propensity that guides language learning
Last year 5-year-old Alonda would say "No he coming" when explaining
to her younger sister that their older brother would be staying home.
Now Alonda will tell her sister "He's not coming." This example
illustrates that Alonda has made gains in her use of... - ✔✔syntax
The fact that overregularizations occur in many different languages as
children master language skills provides evidence against... - ✔✔the
behavioral theory of language development
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
According to Chomsky the ___________________ structure of a
sentence is the actual wording of the sentence. - ✔✔surface
The requirement that a declarative sentence have both a noun phrase
and a verb phrase is an example of a... - ✔✔rule of syntax
The sentence, "The nervous the stared thick at exam student" would be
virtually impossible for an English speaker to understand because the
sentence violates the rules of English... - ✔✔syntax
, The fact that there are different sounds across languages that all
represent the same thing reflects the... - ✔✔semantic quality of
language
Dean ate ice cream for the first time yesterday. All day today he has
been asking for ice cream. This would be an example of... - ✔✔fast
mapping
Noam Chomsky contended that... - ✔✔there is an inborn biological
propensity that guides language learning
Last year 5-year-old Alonda would say "No he coming" when explaining
to her younger sister that their older brother would be staying home.
Now Alonda will tell her sister "He's not coming." This example
illustrates that Alonda has made gains in her use of... - ✔✔syntax
The fact that overregularizations occur in many different languages as
children master language skills provides evidence against... - ✔✔the
behavioral theory of language development
