Which of the following is not characteristic of infant-directed speech?

Which of the following is not characteristic of infant-directed speech?

A) Varied and exaggerated intonation
B) Long pauses between phrases
C) Repetition
D) Low-pitched voice

Question 2

Expressive speech consists mostly of

A) nonsense sounds mixed with real morphemes.
B) names and nouns to describe objects in the environment.
C) social communications.
D) thoughts about religion.

Question 3

Referential speech consists mostly of

A) nonsense sounds mixed with real morphemes.
B) names and nouns to describe objects in the environment.
C) social communications.
D) thoughts about religion.

Question 4

Little Fareed uses a lot of verbs to describe objects he wants or things he wants to do. Language researchers call this what type of speech?

A) Expressive
B) Syntactic
C) Phonological
D) Referential

Question 5

Little Aleka's speech consists primarily of nouns used to name things in the environment. Language researchers call this __________ language.

A) expressive
B) syntactic
C) phonological
D) referential

Question 6

Little Hoc can say about 50 words and use them correctly when he speaks. If he's an average child, you'd expect Hoc to be about how many years old?

A) 1
B) 1 ?
C) 2
D) 2 ?

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Which of the following is not characteristic of infant-directed speech?

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