LING 1010 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2025, ALL
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
The principled difference between a pidgin and a creole language is that:
a. Creoles are acquired as a first language
b. Pidgins are simple in structure, while creoles are complex
c. Pidgins are short-lived, while creoles are not
A
Which of the following statements about parameters is FALSE?
a. Their values must be "set" on the basis of experience
b. They specify the limits on possible differences between languages
c.They do not belong to Universal Grammar
C
When we say that a child receives no direct negative evidence, we mean that:
a. Different children are exposed to different data sets
b. The child is not exposed to very complex sentences
c. The child is not informed about what is not grammatical
C
Which of the following is claimed to be an example of the language-unique universal?
a. Being a sign system
b. Hierarchical structure
c. Recursion
C
Which of the following statements is true:
a. Critical period effects are only observed in humans
, b. Critical period effects are quite general in the animal kingdom
c. Critical period effects are only observed in primates
B
When we show an object to an infant and then shield it so that the infant can no longer see it,
which of the following statements is true?
a. There is evidence which suggests that even very young children realize that the object no
longer exists
b. There is evidence which suggests that all children up to puberty think that the object to
longer exists
c. There is evidence which suggests that children up to the age of 2 years old think that the
object no longer exists
A
What is a Creole language?
a. A language with simple sentences, less morphology, open class vocabulary
b. A language that is nobody's mother tongue
c. A language we get when children are exposed to a pidgin and while acquiring it they
expand its grammar
C
Which of the following statements about the principles and parameters theory of language
that Chomsky has proposed is FALSE?
a. The settings of parameter values are all the same in all languages
b. Principles are the same for all languages
c.Principles and parameters are part of the Universal Grammar
A
What does the conversation presented below tell us about the nature of language
acquisition?Child: I taked one cookie.Mother: Oh, you mean, you took one cookie.Child: Yes,
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
The principled difference between a pidgin and a creole language is that:
a. Creoles are acquired as a first language
b. Pidgins are simple in structure, while creoles are complex
c. Pidgins are short-lived, while creoles are not
A
Which of the following statements about parameters is FALSE?
a. Their values must be "set" on the basis of experience
b. They specify the limits on possible differences between languages
c.They do not belong to Universal Grammar
C
When we say that a child receives no direct negative evidence, we mean that:
a. Different children are exposed to different data sets
b. The child is not exposed to very complex sentences
c. The child is not informed about what is not grammatical
C
Which of the following is claimed to be an example of the language-unique universal?
a. Being a sign system
b. Hierarchical structure
c. Recursion
C
Which of the following statements is true:
a. Critical period effects are only observed in humans
, b. Critical period effects are quite general in the animal kingdom
c. Critical period effects are only observed in primates
B
When we show an object to an infant and then shield it so that the infant can no longer see it,
which of the following statements is true?
a. There is evidence which suggests that even very young children realize that the object no
longer exists
b. There is evidence which suggests that all children up to puberty think that the object to
longer exists
c. There is evidence which suggests that children up to the age of 2 years old think that the
object no longer exists
A
What is a Creole language?
a. A language with simple sentences, less morphology, open class vocabulary
b. A language that is nobody's mother tongue
c. A language we get when children are exposed to a pidgin and while acquiring it they
expand its grammar
C
Which of the following statements about the principles and parameters theory of language
that Chomsky has proposed is FALSE?
a. The settings of parameter values are all the same in all languages
b. Principles are the same for all languages
c.Principles and parameters are part of the Universal Grammar
A
What does the conversation presented below tell us about the nature of language
acquisition?Child: I taked one cookie.Mother: Oh, you mean, you took one cookie.Child: Yes,
