At about age two children begin to use two word sentences. This is known as_____speech.

Related Mcqs:

1. Which TWO of the following statements are true of parsing?
   1.Psycholinguistics has been especially concerned with how people parse sentences- that is, how they break them down into their correct phonological structures.
   2.Parsing has to be done because otherwise, it would be impossible to interpret a sentence to all.
   3.The difficulty in understanding some sentences can be ascribed to an initial misinterpretation ; this is called a ‘country walk’.
   4.Misparsing a sentence can result in failure in comprehension at all levels.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 4
   D. 3 & 4

2. The ability of young children to use two-word sentences is referred to as __________________?

   A. babbling
   B. morpheme induction
   C. telegraphic speech
   D. aphasia

3. 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

4. When related sentences are put together to make a sensible message, this is referred to as:

   A. Context
   B. Semantics
   C. Pragmatics
   D. Discourse

5. 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

6. Lavonne was careful to avoid the use of dangling participates and run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty:

   A. morphemes
   B. semantics
   C. algorithms
   D. syntax

7. The sentences “Mario is easy to please” and “Mario is eager to please” have_______-surface structure and______deep structure.

   A. a different; the same
   B. no; the same
   C. a different; a different
   D. the same; a different

8. Levonne was careful to avoid the use of dangling participles and run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty:

   A. morphemes
   B. semantics
   C. algorithms
   D. syntax

9. At which age can children accurately predict the gender of a person steretypically based on the attributes associated with particular activities?

   A. One year of age
   B. Six years of age
   C. Ten years of age
   D. Two years of age

10. During the second year of life, toddlers begin to take some personal responsibility for feeding, dressing, and bathing themselves in an attempt to establish what Erikson calls a sense of:

    A. superiority
    B. industry
    C. generativity
    D. autonomy