Author Question: Genie is unable to learn language in her teens after being isolated without language until that ... (Read 100 times)

KimWrice

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 579
Genie is unable to learn language in her teens after being isolated without language until that time. Genie's difficulty is evidence for a ____.
 
  a. critical period in language acquisition
  b. language acquisition device
  c. social convention
  d. speech spectrograph

Question 2

Theresa began studying Japanese when she was in the eighth grade. After many years of study, however, she still speaks Japanese with an accent and lacks perfect fluency. This is probably because ____.
 
  a. she had already passed the critical period of language development when she began studying Japanese
  b. she is not genetically prewired for Japanese
  c. she learned and spoke a number of different dialects
  d. she continued to speak English while she was studying Japanese, which blocked acquisition



Jevvish

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 326
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
a



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

ACTH levels are normally highest in the early morning (between 6 and 8 A.M.) and lowest in the evening (between 6 and 11 P.M.). Therefore, a doctor who suspects abnormal levels looks for low ACTH in the morning and high ACTH in the evening.

Did you know?

By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.

Did you know?

Blood in the urine can be a sign of a kidney stone, glomerulonephritis, or other kidney problems.

Did you know?

The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.

Did you know?

Amoebae are the simplest type of protozoans, and are characterized by a feeding and dividing trophozoite stage that moves by temporary extensions called pseudopodia or false feet.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library