Learning Curve 3b) Language: What Develops in the First Two Years?; Surviving, and Thriving

Which of these is a 2-year-old most likely to say in English?

"Me want juice"

The death rate from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) dropped MOST dramatically in the:

1990s.

Just today, Baby Laurel produced her first two-word sentence. Her "BFF" at the child care center now produces sentences longer than two words in about half of her utterances. Laurel is MOST likely _____ of age, whereas her BFF is probably _____ months of age.

21; 24

With respect to the age at which they first appear in the universal sequence of language development, the first two-word sentence is to multiword sentences as _____ months is to _____ months.

21; 24

Which statement is true about language development?

All babies go through the same sequence of language development although timing may differ.

Stunting is MOST common in:

South Asia

What happens when a child is able to speak about 50 words?

The progression of language acquisition increases dramatically.

At 17 months of age, Julie says "wada" whenever she wants a drink of water. Julie's utterance BEST exemplifies:

a holophrase.

Anong, who is breast-feeding her infant daughter, had measles as a child. Her daughter will be protected from the disease because of the _____ in Anong's breast milk.

antibodies

Ian is 7 months old. If he is a typical baby, his parents can expect him to be able to:

babble.

Matias is 7 months old. If he is a typical baby, his parents can expect him to have reached the stage of language development where he is able to:

babble.

The high-pitched, simplified, and repetitive way in which adults speak to infants is sometimes called _____ speech.

child-directed

Two-day-old Sia is not getting breast milk when she breast-feeds because:

colostrum is the fluid secreted for about the first three days after birth.

In addition to its words, a language may communicate meaning through word order and verb forms. These are part of the language's _____.

grammar

Which term refers to cases of severe and chronic malnutrition in which children fail to grow to a normal height?

stunting

Four-year-old Mosola, who lives in western Africa, is short for his age. He often has only one bowl of yams a day to eat. He could be suffering from the condition called:

stunting.

Charlie, a 3-year-old, is given an imaginary verb wug and is asked to tell someone a story using the imaginary verb. Charlie readily tells his listener that Ernie "wugged" the ball, even though he has never heard the word wug. Charlie's automatic use of the past tense provides evidence for:

the innate view of language.