Psy

A word or part of a word that is in itself meaningful, but that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units, is called a

morpheme

In homes where parents do not use correct grammar, their children tend to make more grammatical errors. Which of the following concepts identifies a type of error children might make?

overgeneralization

Two-year-old Jia tells her grandmother that she "sweeped" the floor yesterday. The scenario illustrates that children

overgeneralize the use of grammatical rules

All human languages have several basic sounds in common called

phonemes

Which of the following concepts refers to the structure and organization of a sentence?

syntax

When the word "walk" is changed to "walked," the suffix "ed" is an example of a

Morpheme

Which of the following is an example of a stage of language development that occurs before a child can speak words?

babbling

A 40-year-old man and his 7-year-old son move to a country where they have to learn a new language. Compared with his son, the 40-year-old man will Responses

have more difficulty learning to produce phonemes that do not exist in his native language

The graph provides evidence for which of the following aspects of language acquisition? Responses

There may be a critical period in learning a second language for the learner to achieve fluency

If various cultures expect students to master more than one language in school, which of the following courses of action are supported by the evidence presented in the graph?

Students should be introduced to the second language as soon as they start going to school.