CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 1
Reading Language And Literature &
History And Social Science Questions
And Answers Rated A+
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION - ANSWER✔✔Almost every human child succeeds
in learning language. The most complex skill that a human being will ever master.
Nearly all people succeed in learning this complex skill demonstrates how well
language has adapted to human nature. Language is the complete expression of
what it means to be human.
Basic Components of Human Language - ANSWER✔✔1.Phonology
2.Semantics
3.Grammar:
4.Pragmatics:
5.Morphology:
6.Syntax:
phonology - ANSWER✔✔The study of the sound system of a given language and
the analysis and classification of its phonemes.
Semantics - ANSWER✔✔The system of meanings that are expressed by words
and phrases. In order to serve as a means of communication between people, words
must have a shared or conventional meaning. Picking out the correct meaning for
each new word is a major learning task for children.
Grammer - ANSWER✔✔The system of rules by which words and phrases are
arranged to make meaningful statements. Children need to learn how to use the
ordering of words to mark grammatical functions such as subject or direct object.
,Pragmatics - ANSWER✔✔The field of study that emphasizes how language is
used in specific situations to accomplish goals
Morphology - ANSWER✔✔The study of word formation and structure.
Syntax - ANSWER✔✔The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences;the
rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given
language,
Methods for Studying Language Acquisition - ANSWER✔✔1. Recording and
transcribing what children say.
2. Researchers can HABITUATE
3. Children can be shown pictures of toys along with their name
Methods for Studying Language Acquision - ANSWER✔✔4. Children can be
asked to answer questions,
5. repeat sentences
6. judgments about grammar.
Reasons for Studying Language Acquisition - ANSWER✔✔Having obtained a set
of data from children or their parents, researchers next need to group these data
into measures of particular types of language skills, such as vocabulary, sentences,
concepts, or conversational
abilities.
,What is Language? - ANSWER✔✔Language is the human capacity for acquiring
and using complex systems of communication.
Linguistics - ANSWER✔✔The scientific study of language is called linguistics.
How Many Language are there? - ANSWER✔✔Number of languages and dialects.
estimates vary between around 6,000 and 7,000 languages
What does Human Language Rely on? - ANSWER✔✔social convention and
learning.
How did Language originate? - ANSWER✔✔Language is thought to have
originated when early hominins first started cooperating, gradually changing their
primate communication systems as they acquired the ability to form a theory of
other minds and shared intentionality.The use of language is deeply entrenched in
human culture.
Where is Language processed in the brain? - ANSWER✔✔Language is processed
in many different locations in the human brain, but especially in Broca's and
Wernicke's areas.
How do humans acquire language? - ANSWER✔✔Humans acquire language
through social interaction in early childhood. Children generally speak fluently
when they are around three years old.
What are the social and cultural uses of Language? - ANSWER✔✔Signifying
group identity, social stratification, as well as for social grooming and
entertainment.
, Semiosis - ANSWER✔✔To relate signs with particular meanings. Languages rely
on the process of semiosis.
How are languages Systematic? - ANSWER✔✔All languages have systems.
Phonological system - ANSWER✔✔Governs how symbols are used to form
sequences known as words or morphemes.
Universality of Linguistic Structures or Languages - ANSWER✔✔All languages
are systemic
All languages are conventional
All languages are redundant.
All languages change.
How are languages Conventional? - ANSWER✔✔It means that everyone speaks
the language the same way. All of a certain item has one name.
How are languages Redundant? - ANSWER✔✔It means that all languages say the
same things twice (e.g. subject-verb agreement.)
How do languages Change? - ANSWER✔✔Languages never stay the same. New
words are added, their is a loss of words, or both.
Syntactic System - ANSWER✔✔A system of rules and structures which governs
how words and morphemes are combined to form phrases and utterances.
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