LIN2601 Assignment 3 2025

LIN2601
ASSIGNMENT 3 2025

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DUE DATE: 2025

,LIN2601 – Assignment 3 (2025)
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Language Acquisition in a Natural Environment
Section A – 40 Marks

1. Which area of the brain is situated in the temporal lobe?
a) William’s area
b) Broca’s area
c) Wernicke’s area
d) Pulmonary lobe
Answer: c) Wernicke’s area
2. When a child uses the word “Colgate” to refer to all kinds of toothpaste,
this is an example of ________.
a) Reduction
b) Overgeneralisation
c) Overextension
d) Underextension
Answer: c) Overextension
3. The language disorder which disrupts semantic input and output is called
_______.

, a) Williams syndrome
b) Wernicke’s aphasia
c) Broca’s aphasia
d) Down Syndrome
Answer: b) Wernicke’s aphasia




4. The language disorder which is characterised by a difficulty in finding words is
called ________.
a) Williams syndrome
b) Wernicke’s aphasia
c) Broca’s aphasia
d) Down Syndrome
Answer: c) Broca’s aphasia




5. Many children with ___________________ are considered by many to have the
‘gift of the gab’.
a) Williams syndrome
b) Wernicke’s aphasia
c) Broca’s aphasia
d) Down Syndrome
Answer: a) Williams syndrome




6. When a child uses the word “pen” to only refer to his pen and no other pen;
this is an example of ____________.
a) Semantic over-extension
b) Semantic under-generalization
c) Semantic over-generalization