Question 1

Baby Josie has just begun babbling. Describe the different characteristics of babbling that she is demonstrating.

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Question 2

The development of language involves several areas of development-phonological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic. Briefly explain what development in each of these areas entails.

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Question 3

Describe the concepts of intersubjectivity and joint attention and explain how they relate to language development. Provide an example of each one and explain how it will be likely to help the development of language.

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Question 4

Describe the relative impact of nature and nurture on language development as proposed by Chomsky and Skinner. Provide descriptive examples.

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Question 5

Define and provide two examples of (a) overextension and (b) overregularization. For each type of error, describe what a child's errors of this type tell us about her language development.

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Question 6

Can nonhuman primates learn language? Provide a brief description of research conducted in this area and what the general results have been. Discuss three differences between human and nonhuman communicators.

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Quiz 6: Development of Language and Symbol Use