A. the number of times they hear a given word
B. their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents
C. the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly
D. an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules
Related Mcqs:
- Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?
A. innate capability index
B. innate surface structure ability
C. prosody index
D. language acquisition device - B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.
A. heuristics
B. algorithms
C. reinforcement
D. universal grammar - According to Noam Chomsky’s theory of transformational grammar, a ‘Kernel’ is ______________________?
A. the surface structure of a sentence
B. the smallest unit of meaning in a language
C. the deep structure of a sentence
D. the basic declarative thought of the sentence - For Noam Chomsky, the semantic interpretation of a sentence comes from ________________?
A. surface structure
B. deep structure
C. divergent thinking
D. transformational rules - Chomsky suggested that a person’s unique experiences with a language are most likely to influence the________of that person’s spoken sentences.
A. surface structure
B. linguistic determinism
C. functional fixedness
D. belief perseverance - The rationalist approach of Chomsky in explaining language development is also referred to as _______________?
A. nativist
B. empiricist
C. cognitive
D. culture-bound - According to Chomsky, humans have a________to develop language.
A. perceptual set
B. telegraphic readiness
C. learning set
D. biological predisposition - The language Acquisition Device was proposed by ______________?
A. Piaget
B. Bruner
C. Kohler
D. Chomsky - The performance of which of the following activities is least likely to be facilitated by the presence of an audience?
A. running
B. adding numbers
C. taking a final examination
D. memorizing a script - Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.
A. heredity; the environment
B. the environment; heredity
C. the environment; the environment
D. heredity; heredity
