15 questions
Morphology is
A branch of Linguistics
The study of words structures
All of the above
What are words?
Something that is arbitrary
pairing of sound and meaning
All of the above
The Aims of Morphology are
Identification of morphemes
Study of meaning
Identification and study meaning of morphemes
Studies and identifies morphemes and assign meaning to them
What are morphemes?
Suffixes
Small units of words
the study of words structures
Free morphemes are
Morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word, and must be attached to a free morpheme
Words or morphemes that keep the same form every time used and are unchangeable, including conjunctions
Words that are made up of only one morpheme and can stand alone as an English word
Children learn a second language more easily than do adolescents or adults.
True
False
The process of acquiring a second language is similar to that of acquiring the first language.
True
False
There are specific stages that the learner goes through when acquiring a new language.
True
False
A structured skill-based approach facilitates the acquisition of a second language.
True
False
The teacher should not permit the use of the native language as this would hamper the development of English.
True
False
Placing the second language student in the mainstream English-speaking classroom will ensure that the student quickly acquires English.
True
False
According to Chomski's, children's acquisition of grammatical rules is guided by the principles of the development of a(n) innate _________________ capacity.
universal grammar
LAD
stimuli
reinforcement
The belief that all children have a capacity for language learning is part of the ______________.
cognitive theory.
behaviorist theory
universal grammar
innatist theory
Universal grammar means that ....
all children can learn grammar.
linguistic rules manifest themselves without being taught.
is an innate ability.
linguistic rules are similar across languages.
It’s focused on explaining the grammar rules of the language
Direct Method
Grammar Translation
Communicative Approach
Natural Approach