How Does Language Work?

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The inability to name things is called ____________.

holophrasinganomiacryptophasiaphonetic decomposition

The categories of sound that our vocal apparatus produces are called ___________.

phonemesextralinguisticsmorphemessyntax

Onomatopoeia are words that ...

similar sounding words that have related meaningsthe smallest units of sound in a language.resemble the sounds to which they refer.languages that vary slightly in syntax only.

Similar sounding words that have related meanings, such as sneeze, sniff, and snoop are referred to as _____________.

morphemesonomatopoeiaphonesthemesphonemes

Research using two-day old infants sucking behaviors demonstrated that ...

infants display a preference for their mother's native language.most infants display a preference to hear English.most infants display a preference to hear Spanish.infants do not display a preference towards language because they have not heard it enough.

Infants phoneme categories resemble those of their native language by _____ of age.

3 months6 months10 months12 months

Most pronunciation mistakes that children make are caused by ...

a "lazy" tongue.a lack of complete development in the memory structures of the brain.a need for more auditory exposure to the particular words.a difficulty in coordinating the vocal apparatus.

Single word phrases used in early language development to convey an entire thought are called ___________.

place holdersmorphemesbabblingholophrases

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