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What term describes the interactions between an adult and a baby that attempt to convey meaning before the onset of language?

Language and speech are the same processes.

When a child refers to all round objects (e.g., the moon, an orange) as a ball, this misuse is an example of…

A parent points to a bird in the sky and says, “Look, a bird!” The child follows the parent’s gaze, looks at the bird, and smiles. In this scenario the child and adult are demonstrating what early language and social skill? 

B.F. Skinner’s Behaviorist Theory suggests children learn language through reinforcement and imitation. For example, when a child says “ba” while pointing at a bottle, the parent rewards them by giving the bottle and saying “bottle.” This positive reinforcement encourages the child to repeat and refine their speech over time, learning language step by step with positive reinforcement, shaping and imitation.

Which of the following type of morphemes are added to words to change their syntactic class and semantic meaning?

A caregiver points to an apple, says the word “apple”, and encourages the child to repeat it. Through this interaction, the child connects the word to its meaning and eventually says “apple”, supported by the caregiver’s guidance. Without that caregiver guidance theorists believe that child would never learn the word “apple.” This scenario represents which nurture theory of language acquisition discussed in class? 

Infants learning language must be able to: 

EXTRA CREDIT: 2 points Examine the following language sample and calculate the MLU. The answer WILL NOT have a decimal 😉 Baby gonna go night-night. Baby’s sweepy (sleepy) Don’t Sleep! Wake up! Drink milk baby. Baby’s milk allgone. Need more milk.

Read the following Narrative Sample:   I had a puppy named Rex. Rex was big and liked to bark, but Rex did not listen. I was worried Rex wasn’t nice. Then one day he tried to bite my cousin!  It was so scary.  We took Rex to doggie school and Rex learned to listen to us. I am so happy that Rex is a nicer dog.  The End. Answer the following questions: What type of narrative analysis would you conduct? (1 pt) How would you describe the overall pattern of this narrative? (1 pt)  Identify three specific analysis parts/elements of this narrative by name (use the narrative structure [such as phrase or sentence] as an example for each part you have identified). (3 pts)