Which term refers to the rules for combining words into meaningful communications?
A) Proxemics
B) Grammar
C) Phonology
D) Semantics
Question 2Mutual exclusivity refers to the idea that
A) objects have only one name.
B) names can only be used for one thing.
C) babies don't have to share anything.
D) babies can only learn one concept at a time.
Question 3After several times that baby Oscar hears his mother say borscht whenever she puts a bowl of borscht in front of him, he realizes that borscht is the name of this yummy soup. This is due to the phenomena of
A) fast mapping.
B) linguistic determinism.
C) deferred imitation.
D) object permanence.
Question 4One tool infants use to overcome the immediate reference problem is
A) refraction.
B) induction.
C) reduction.
D) deduction.
Question 5When Padraig points to a bowl of soup and says soup, his infant son Reid doesn't know if that word refers to the bowl, the contents of the bowl, the plate under the bowl, or the spoon in the bowl. Reid is dealing with what linguists call the
A) over- and under-extension problem.
B) immediate reference problem.
C) linguistic relativity problem.
D) deferred accommodation problem.
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