SLHS 4520 EXAM 3
QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS, GRADED
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SLHS 4520
Evatee 8/6/24 SLHS 4520
,SLHS 4520 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, GRADED A+
First words Answer - onset is one word in length, as expressive vocab reaches
50 words, utterances are expanded into 2 and 3 word utterances. single word
period extends from 12 months of age until 2 years of age.
In order to be a true first word the utterance must? Answer - have a phonetic
relationship to an adult word, must be used consistently, must occur in the
presence of the referent.
Word development in 15-24 or 18-24 months of age? Answer - 50 word
lexicon, word learning is slow in the first half of the second year and then
rapidly increases in the second half of the year. word spurt occurs. naming
insight, nominal insight, or naming exploration.
Word Spurt Answer - 50 word mark, the growth is really rapid.
Initial Lexicons Answer - many first words contain one or two syllables, first
lexicon includes several categories of words (first words usually apply to a
midlevel generality) and nouns predominate in the first lexicon.
Percent of specific nominals Answer - 14%
Percent of general nominals? Answer - 51%
, Percent of action words? Answer - 14%
Percent of modifiers? Answer - 9%
Percent of personal-social words? Answer - 9%
Percent of function words? Answer - 4%
Concrete nouns Answer - promote more rapid learning because they allow for
greater transparency of the mapping between lexical and semantic
information.
Bootstrapping Answer - the child's use of known information to infer unknown
information, learning nouns help you learn verbs
Expressive learners Answer - children with general nominals less than 50% of
their lexicon, more personal-social words.
Referential learners Answer - children with general nominals accounting for
more than 50% of their vocabulary, many nouns used. developed language
earlier and more rapidly, had larger vocabularies and reached morpho-syntactic
milestones sooner, word spurts, greater growth of verb vocabulary at 20
months and more productive control over function words.
Innate biases Answer - constraints or principles of word learning, the child
must differentiate between spoken language and other sounds as labels.
Principle of reference Answer - states that words label objects, actions, and
events
QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS, GRADED
A+
SLHS 4520
Evatee 8/6/24 SLHS 4520
,SLHS 4520 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, GRADED A+
First words Answer - onset is one word in length, as expressive vocab reaches
50 words, utterances are expanded into 2 and 3 word utterances. single word
period extends from 12 months of age until 2 years of age.
In order to be a true first word the utterance must? Answer - have a phonetic
relationship to an adult word, must be used consistently, must occur in the
presence of the referent.
Word development in 15-24 or 18-24 months of age? Answer - 50 word
lexicon, word learning is slow in the first half of the second year and then
rapidly increases in the second half of the year. word spurt occurs. naming
insight, nominal insight, or naming exploration.
Word Spurt Answer - 50 word mark, the growth is really rapid.
Initial Lexicons Answer - many first words contain one or two syllables, first
lexicon includes several categories of words (first words usually apply to a
midlevel generality) and nouns predominate in the first lexicon.
Percent of specific nominals Answer - 14%
Percent of general nominals? Answer - 51%
, Percent of action words? Answer - 14%
Percent of modifiers? Answer - 9%
Percent of personal-social words? Answer - 9%
Percent of function words? Answer - 4%
Concrete nouns Answer - promote more rapid learning because they allow for
greater transparency of the mapping between lexical and semantic
information.
Bootstrapping Answer - the child's use of known information to infer unknown
information, learning nouns help you learn verbs
Expressive learners Answer - children with general nominals less than 50% of
their lexicon, more personal-social words.
Referential learners Answer - children with general nominals accounting for
more than 50% of their vocabulary, many nouns used. developed language
earlier and more rapidly, had larger vocabularies and reached morpho-syntactic
milestones sooner, word spurts, greater growth of verb vocabulary at 20
months and more productive control over function words.
Innate biases Answer - constraints or principles of word learning, the child
must differentiate between spoken language and other sounds as labels.
Principle of reference Answer - states that words label objects, actions, and
events
