Assignment:
Questions
Question 1
Which of the following is the best paraphrase of the poverty of the stimulus argument for language innateness?
a. Children learn simple words before extending rules to create complex words
b. Children of poor parents are less likely to acquire complex sentences than children of rich parents
c. In a typical child's development they do not hear enough input data to "learn" language
d. Children are actually very good at copying what they hear in their parents' speech
Question 2
Which of the following is a *necessary/indespensible* part of the definition of Specific Language Impairment?
a. It is passed down by mothers
b. It is definitely hereditary
c. It is not attributable to some other developmental or physiologic cause
d. It is recessive