Assignment:
Linguistics Questions
Question 1
Which of the following is not a piece of evidence usually advanced to support Connectionist theories of language acquisition?
a. Children sometimes overgeneralize irregular forms involving ablaut
b. Children are not exposed to enough language data to posit a grammar as complex as the adult grammar
c. Humans are very good at learning statistical rules
d. There is a lot of implicit knowledge about language that people do not realize they have
Question 2
A child who cannot sit calmly for long enough to complete an acquisition study is said to have "cried out."
True
False