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Define the four different types of narratives.

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Story Grammar is the way that fictional narratives are organized. What does story grammar consist of?

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Define the syntagmatic-paradigmatic shift and the significance it has for language development.

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What is metaphoric transparency?

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Define morphophonemics and give examples of morphophonemic development.

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How do noun phrases become more refined during the elementary years?

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How do verb phrases become more complex during the school-age period?

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How does the development of passive sentences occur?

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What are the types of conjoining that present themselves during elementary school?

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How is conjoining different from embedding in the speech of school aged children?

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What is morphophonemic development?

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While the focus of children's narratives of European American children is the telling of a single experience of the child, the narratives of Japanese American children is different because

	narratives are lengthy and subjects are varied
	there is frequent mentioning of family members in ones narratives
	narratives of Japanese American children are not focused as much on the child because it is considered poor behavior to concentrate on oneself.
	it is expected that narratives should contain frequent code switching between formal and informal talk

Indirect requests are used more and more by children in early school years. Indirect requests are an indication of what?

	indirect requests are an indication that a child is able to use deictic referents
	that they are more aware of the importance of being socially appropriate and polite
	that they are more aware of the importance of being independent and getting their own way.
	indirect requests are an indication that a child is able to use motherese speech register

Figurative language is language that is used creatively and in a non literal more imaginative sense. The primary types of figurative language are

	deixis, proverbs, similes, and kinship terms
	idioms, metonyms, similes, metaphors and proverbs.
	pronouns, copulas and auxiliary verbs
	prosody, proverbs, presupposition, and indirect requests

Derivational suffixes are suffixes that, when used, change word classes. What component of language do derivational suffixes reflect?

	Derivational suffixes reflect the component of morphology.
	Derivational suffixes reflect the component of phonology.
	Derivational suffixes reflect the component of syntax.
	Derivational suffixes reflect the component of pragmatics.

Morphophonemic development refers to the development of

	the use of Brown's 14 morphological morphemes
	learning sound-latter correspondence.
	modifications of phonemes when morphemes are places together to form new words
	being able to transcribe sounds using the International Phonetic Alphabet

	Passive sentences are difficult both receptively and expressively for children below the age of 5.

	True False

	Story grammar is one of the ways that idioms are identified.

	True False

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Practice Test

Define the four different types of narratives.

Story Grammar is the way that fictional narratives are organized. What does story grammar consist of?

Define the syntagmatic-paradigmatic shift and the significance it has for language development.

What is metaphoric transparency?

Define morphophonemics and give examples of morphophonemic development.

How do noun phrases become more refined during the elementary years?

How do verb phrases become more complex during the school-age period?

How does the development of passive sentences occur?

What are the types of conjoining that present themselves during elementary school?

How is conjoining different from embedding in the speech of school aged children?

What is morphophonemic development?

While the focus of children's narratives of European American children is the telling of a single experience of the child, the narratives of Japanese American children is different because

Indirect requests are used more and more by children in early school years. Indirect requests are an indication of what?

Figurative language is language that is used creatively and in a non literal more imaginative sense. The primary types of figurative language are

Derivational suffixes are suffixes that, when used, change word classes. What component of language do derivational suffixes reflect?

Morphophonemic development refers to the development of

Passive sentences are difficult both receptively and expressively for children below the age of 5.

Story grammar is one of the ways that idioms are identified.