SPANISH CSET SUBTEST 1 EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
◉ productive rule of language.
Answer: the amount a native speaker uses a particular grammatical
or syntactical process esp in word formation; a rule that works for
more than 2 words; the limitless ability to use lanuage to say new
things;
when we make new words we pply more productive rules i.e. adding
-ed to word ending
◉ unniversal grammar.
Answer: a linguistic theory which argues that the ability to learn
language is innate, distinctly human and distinct from other aspects
of human cognition; that languge is hard wired into the brain
Noam Chomsky
◉ descriptive grammar.
Answer: a set of rules about language based on how it is actually
used; there is no right or wrong language; "he goes" means "he said"
represents the unconscious knowledge of language
,◉ prescriptive grammar.
Answer: the structure of lanuage as it should be used; grammtically
correct
◉ surface v. deep structure.
Answer: refers to the different levels that information goes through
in language production.
◉ deep structure (language).
Answer: the information that exists in the mind of the speaker as
more or less an abstract representation
◉ surface structure (laguage).
Answer: expressing information linguistically by producing
sentences/utterances
◉ linguistic rules.
Answer: must be learned to get from deep structure to suface
structure language
◉ language development.
Answer: a process starting early in life, infants start without
language yet by 10 months they can distinguish speech sounds and
engage in babbling.
, ◉ receptive (in language dev).
Answer: understanding what is said to you;comprehension
◉ expressive ( Lang Dev.).
Answer: the ability to use vocabulary to put together senteces to
epress yourself
◉ classification of languages.
Answer: classified according to different features such as the way
they use sounds, types of morphology, and word order.
◉ family and branches.
Answer: group of languages related through descent from a common
ancestor, then further divided.
◉ perspectives on the study of language.
Answer: synchronic and diachronic
◉ synchronic.
Answer: looks at how a lanuage system works at a point in time
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
◉ productive rule of language.
Answer: the amount a native speaker uses a particular grammatical
or syntactical process esp in word formation; a rule that works for
more than 2 words; the limitless ability to use lanuage to say new
things;
when we make new words we pply more productive rules i.e. adding
-ed to word ending
◉ unniversal grammar.
Answer: a linguistic theory which argues that the ability to learn
language is innate, distinctly human and distinct from other aspects
of human cognition; that languge is hard wired into the brain
Noam Chomsky
◉ descriptive grammar.
Answer: a set of rules about language based on how it is actually
used; there is no right or wrong language; "he goes" means "he said"
represents the unconscious knowledge of language
,◉ prescriptive grammar.
Answer: the structure of lanuage as it should be used; grammtically
correct
◉ surface v. deep structure.
Answer: refers to the different levels that information goes through
in language production.
◉ deep structure (language).
Answer: the information that exists in the mind of the speaker as
more or less an abstract representation
◉ surface structure (laguage).
Answer: expressing information linguistically by producing
sentences/utterances
◉ linguistic rules.
Answer: must be learned to get from deep structure to suface
structure language
◉ language development.
Answer: a process starting early in life, infants start without
language yet by 10 months they can distinguish speech sounds and
engage in babbling.
, ◉ receptive (in language dev).
Answer: understanding what is said to you;comprehension
◉ expressive ( Lang Dev.).
Answer: the ability to use vocabulary to put together senteces to
epress yourself
◉ classification of languages.
Answer: classified according to different features such as the way
they use sounds, types of morphology, and word order.
◉ family and branches.
Answer: group of languages related through descent from a common
ancestor, then further divided.
◉ perspectives on the study of language.
Answer: synchronic and diachronic
◉ synchronic.
Answer: looks at how a lanuage system works at a point in time
