PSYB20H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sign Language, Home Sign, Kanzi
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According to research, children as young as 4 years old understand different tones and vocabularies are used in certain situations. This sensitivity to language and social expectations is called. Children use a more expressive language style when talking to an other-sex playmate than a same-sex playmate. Children use more commands when engaged in rough-and-tumble play with their peers. Children are encouraged to wave bye-bye before they can grasp the gesture"s meaning. Deaf children are more likely than hearing children to be severely delayed in pragmatic language. a: deaf children"s gestural sentences are less complex than those of their mothers. c) Rowena"s bilingualism makes her less proficient in both languages than a single-language speaker. Rowena tends to code switch, or use guest words from the other language when she is speaking, in ways that violate the grammar of one or both languages. Rowena is less adept at recognizing errors in grammar and the conventions of conversations in both languages.
