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COMD305 EXAM 2 EXIT SLIPS

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In the sentence, "I saw the bird fly over the tree", 'over the tree' is a _______ phrase.
Prepositional Phrase
In the sentence "I drove home with my friend," 'drove home with my friend' is a _______ phrase.
Verb Phrase
The smallest unit of meaning in a language is a
morpheme
In the sentence, "It is snowing today", ' snow' would be considered
an open class word
Brown's 14 morphemes are typically mastered by
48 months (4 years old)
What are Brown's early morphemes?
-ing, on, in, -s
In the sentence "We are going to the store", the word "are" is a ______ verb.
auxiliary
In the sentence "I plan to finish my book tonight", the word 'plan' is a ______ verb.
lexical
"Wh" questions are known as
Interrogative
In the progress from child-like to adult-like negative sentences, which element appears latest developmentally?
Auxiliary verbs
Production of Yes/No and Wh-question forms require children to make sentence transformations. These transformations have been referred to
as:
Inflectional movement (I-movement)
T/F: the use of external negation precedes the use of internal negation (i.e. placing negative markers within the
sentence)
TRUE
Communicative competence refers to the ability to:
use well-formed, meaningful sentences appropriately in social interaction
In speech act theory, the illocutionary force of a communicative act refers to the ________________ of the act.
Intention
The situational appropriateness of language use requires individuals to integrate:
linguistic knowledge of form & content, interpersonal knowledge (social cognition), cultural (sociolinguistic) knowledge
In the progress from child-like to adult-like negative sentences, which element appears LATEST developmentally?
auxiliary verbs
Productions of Yes/No and Wh-question forms require children to make sentence transformations. These transformations have been referred to as
inflectional movement (I-movement)
T/F: in the development of negation, the use of external negation precedes the use of internal negation (i.e. placing negative markers within the sentence)
TRUE
Communicative competence refers to the ability to
use well-formed, meaningful sentences appropriately in social interaction
In speech act theory, the illocutionary force of a communicative act refers to the ___________ of the act.
intention
The situational appropriateness of language use requires individuals to integrate:
linguistic knowledge of form and content,
interpersonal knowledge (social cognition),
cultural (sociolinguistic) knowledge
Caregivers scaffold the development of children's discourse by
asking questions, using turnabouts, and following the child's topic
The Grecian maxim regarding manner refers to
maintaining clarity with brief, orderly and unambiguous statements
Children initially repair conversations by
repeating
According to Peterson & McCabe, most children produce personal narratives with classic structure at the age of
6 years old
Using linguistic devices within a narrative to link elements together is called ________ and is one dimension of narrative structure studied by researchers.
cohesion (micro, "sparkle")
Correct use of pronominalization as a linguistic device in narrative discourse entails
using a pronoun later in a narrative to refer to a referent that was previously introduced and described
Varying the form of politeness based on social variables and varying language use based on the audience are examples of
register variation
Children acquire the language style of their cultural group by age
5 years old
The study of how language use varies as a function of variables like social status and culture is ____________.
sociolinguistics
"Wh" question words are known as
interrogative
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