LING 200 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Kourtney Kardashian, Critical Period Hypothesis, Set Phrase
Ling 200 Homework #2 Julia Lesser (36
points total)
Due: Friday, October 20th by 10am on myCourses
Note 1: always read the instructions and the questions very carefully, before you attempt answering.
Note 2: It is perfectly fine to work with your classmates on this assignment. Each student must submit
their own work. Please write the names of the classmates that you worked with at the top of your
assignment.
Part 1: Stages of language acquisition (22 pts, 2 per question)
A representative list of Annies utterances is given below. For each of the first four
utterances, the number of words and morphemes is given. To answer the set of questions
below, you will need to decide for yourself how many words and morphemes each of the other
utterances have. Remember, a morpheme is a meaningful morphological unit of a language
that cannot be further divided.
• Mommy no sleep. (3 words; 3 morphemes)
• Nice kitty. (2 words; 2 morphemes)
• She no eat. (3 words; 3 morphemes)
• Kitty hiding. (2 words; 3 morphemes)
• She drinked water. (3 words; 4 morphemes)
• Daddy wear glasses. (3 words; 3 morphemes)
• He funny. (2 words; 2 morphemes)
• He loves hamburgers. (3 words; 5 morphemes)
• Daddy ride bike. (3 words; 3 morphemes)
• That my toy. (3 words; 3 morphemes)
• Daddy sleeping. (2 words; 3 morphemes)
• Want more milk. (3 words; 3 morphemes)
• Reading moon book. (3 words; 4 morphemes)
• Me want that. (3 words, 3 morphemes)
• Teddy up. (2 words, 2 morphemes)
• Cookies and milk!!! (3 words, 3 morphemes)
• All gone kitty. (3 words; 3 morphemes)
(1) What is Annies MLU in words? (Remember, MLU = Mean Length of Utterance)
The MLU in words is is 2.7
(2) What is Annies MLU in morphemes?
Her MLU in morphemes is about 3.058
Deciding the morpheme count for several of Annies words requires some thought. For each of
the following, explain whether you treated the word as consisting of one or two morphemes
and why.
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Due: friday, october 20th by 10am on mycourses. Note 1: always read the instructions and the questions very carefully, before you attempt answering. Note 2: it is perfectly fine to work with your classmates on this assignment. Please write the names of the classmates that you worked with at the top of your assignment. Part 1: stages of language acquisition (22 pts, 2 per question) A representative list of (cid:1688)annie(cid:1685)s(cid:1689) utterances is given below. For each of the first four utterances, the number of words and morphemes is given. To answer the set of questions below, you will need to decide for yourself how many words and morphemes each of the other utterances have. Deciding the morpheme count for several of annie(cid:1685)s words requires some thought. For each of the following, explain whether you treated the word as consisting of one or two morphemes and why. (3) glasses.
