Author Question: Children's on-line processing of words: A. is something that researchers still have no way to ... (Read 61 times)

Bernana · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Children's on-line processing of words:

A. is something that researchers still have no way to measure.
B. demonstrates that children's knowledge of words is binary: either a child knows everything about a word or nothing about it.
C. is positively correlated with their vocabulary size: children who are faster processers have larger vocabularies.
D. demonstrates that children have extensive difficulties processing even the simplest words.

Question 2

Which of the following is TRUE about nouns and verbs in children's early word learning?

A. Nouns and verbs typically refer to different kinds of meanings, and the meanings of nouns may be easier for children to learn.
B. Children require different kinds of information to learn nouns and verbs: noun meanings can often be learned through observation alone while many verb meanings require children to use syntactic information as well.
C. In some languages, nouns and verbs are present in approximately equal quantities in children's early vocabularies.
D. All of the above statements are true.