Linguistics Exam 3 questions with
complete solutions
language acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ how humans acquire language
babbling - correct answer ✔✔ first prelinguistic stage
holophrastic - correct answer ✔✔ whole phrase is one word
telegraphic stage - correct answer ✔✔ child's utterances lack bound or functional morphemes
phonological acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ children can distinguish phonemes via
morphological acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ later process of learning morphemes
Wug test - correct answer ✔✔ proved that pre-schoolers have knowledge of plural morphology
syntactic acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ final stage of L1 acquisition
imitation theory - correct answer ✔✔ idea that children learn language by copying what they
hear
reinforcement theory - correct answer ✔✔ idea that children can be praised/corrected in their
learning of languge
, innateness theory - correct answer ✔✔ idea that certain grammatical knowledge is inborn
overgeneralization - correct answer ✔✔ children treat irregular verbs and nouns as if they are
regular ones
consonant cluster simplification - correct answer ✔✔ children pronounce "spider" as "pider"
universal grammar - correct answer ✔✔ system common to all languages
critical period of language - correct answer ✔✔ birth to puberty
acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ learning a language
L1 - correct answer ✔✔ language learned during critical period, native speaker of this language
L2 - correct answer ✔✔ language learned after critical period
transfer effect - correct answer ✔✔ using L1 rules in L2
interlanguage - correct answer ✔✔ comes between L1 and L2
fossilization - correct answer ✔✔ interlanguage stops changing
localization - correct answer ✔✔ using one specific part of the brain
lateralization - correct answer ✔✔ whole brain functions as a system
complete solutions
language acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ how humans acquire language
babbling - correct answer ✔✔ first prelinguistic stage
holophrastic - correct answer ✔✔ whole phrase is one word
telegraphic stage - correct answer ✔✔ child's utterances lack bound or functional morphemes
phonological acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ children can distinguish phonemes via
morphological acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ later process of learning morphemes
Wug test - correct answer ✔✔ proved that pre-schoolers have knowledge of plural morphology
syntactic acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ final stage of L1 acquisition
imitation theory - correct answer ✔✔ idea that children learn language by copying what they
hear
reinforcement theory - correct answer ✔✔ idea that children can be praised/corrected in their
learning of languge
, innateness theory - correct answer ✔✔ idea that certain grammatical knowledge is inborn
overgeneralization - correct answer ✔✔ children treat irregular verbs and nouns as if they are
regular ones
consonant cluster simplification - correct answer ✔✔ children pronounce "spider" as "pider"
universal grammar - correct answer ✔✔ system common to all languages
critical period of language - correct answer ✔✔ birth to puberty
acquisition - correct answer ✔✔ learning a language
L1 - correct answer ✔✔ language learned during critical period, native speaker of this language
L2 - correct answer ✔✔ language learned after critical period
transfer effect - correct answer ✔✔ using L1 rules in L2
interlanguage - correct answer ✔✔ comes between L1 and L2
fossilization - correct answer ✔✔ interlanguage stops changing
localization - correct answer ✔✔ using one specific part of the brain
lateralization - correct answer ✔✔ whole brain functions as a system
