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A child says "Cat here" for "The cat is here". This is typical of:Read the answer and worked solution →Telegraphic speech mostly leaves out:Read the answer and worked solution →Telegraphic speech usually appears between the ages of:Read the answer and worked solution →In first-language acquisition, a child first develops the ability to:Read the answer and worked solution →Deaf babies also babble, which suggests that babbling is:Read the answer and worked solution →Until about six months, infants can distinguish the:Read the answer and worked solution →The critical period idea says native-like fluency needs learning:Read the answer and worked solution →Who popularised the critical period hypothesis in 1967?Read the answer and worked solution →"Sensitive window" replaced "critical period" because it suggests:Read the answer and worked solution →For introducing English, NCERT says the key issue is:Read the answer and worked solution →When a second-language learner's progress stalls for good, it is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A second-language learner's own changing system of rules is:Read the answer and worked solution →The term "interlanguage" was coined by:Read the answer and worked solution →A mother-tongue habit that causes an error in English is:Read the answer and worked solution →Correctly using a cognate in a second language is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Contrastive analysis assumed learners' errors came mainly from:Read the answer and worked solution →NCF 2005 says that errors in children's language are:Read the answer and worked solution →On entering school, NCF 2005 says children already have:Read the answer and worked solution →Writing an essay on an abstract issue needs, per NCF 2005:Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT says languages are learned mainly by:Read the answer and worked solution →Language is acquired when attention is focused on:Read the answer and worked solution →In an input-rich curriculum, which skills come first?Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT puts the silent period in natural second-language learning at:Read the answer and worked solution →In the silent period, understanding can be checked through:Read the answer and worked solution →Reciting memorised rhymes without an underlying language system is called:Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT's "burden of incomprehension" arises when language is taught:Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of theory sees language learning as habit formation?Read the answer and worked solution →Every pre-school child already succeeds at:Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT says reading skill built in one language is:Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT says failure to read one's mother tongue:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A child says "Cat here" for "The cat is here". This is typical of:

  1. Babbling stage
  2. The cooing stage
  3. Telegraphic speech
  4. Holophrastic speech
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Correct answer: C. Telegraphic speech

1. Telegraphic speech belongs to the two-word stage of language acquisition. 2. It drops function words, like the copula "is", so "cat here" stands for "cat is here". 3. Holophrastic speech uses only one word per message. 4. So "Cat here" is telegraphic speech. **Why not the others:** Babbling and cooing have no real words, and holophrastic speech has only one word per message. _Source: Wikipedia, "Telegraphic speech", section "Term in anthropology and developmental psychology" (revision 1338901968)_

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Telegraphic speech mostly leaves out:

  1. Names of objects
  2. Verbs of action
  3. Words for people
  4. Small function words
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Correct answer: D. Small function words

1. Telegraphic speech is compact, like a telegram written to save money. 2. The words dropped are closed-class or function words, such as articles and the copula. 3. Content words such as nouns and action verbs are kept. 4. So small function words are what it leaves out. **Why not the others:** Names of objects, verbs of action and words for people are content words, which telegraphic speech keeps. _Source: Wikipedia, "Telegraphic speech", section "Term in anthropology and developmental psychology" (revision 1338901968)_

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Telegraphic speech usually appears between the ages of:

  1. 18 to 36 months
  2. 2 to 6 months
  3. 7 to 10 months
  4. 5 to 8 years
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Correct answer: A. 18 to 36 months

1. Telegraphic speech is the two-word stage that follows the holophrastic stage. 2. Researchers note that it occurs some time between 18 and 36 months. 3. It is found worldwide, not only in English-speaking cultures. 4. So the range is 18 to 36 months. **Why not the others:** The 2 to 6 and 7 to 10 months ranges are cooing and babbling, and 5 to 8 years is far too late. _Source: Wikipedia, "Telegraphic speech", section "Term in anthropology and developmental psychology" (revision 1338901968)_

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