Formative Assessment of Test 2 Answer Key
Formative Assessment of Test 2 Answer Key
1. In the following conversation, which maxim of the cooperative principle does Speaker A
violate?
Speaker A: We need to implement agile methodologies and use SCRUM to streamline
our project management.
Speaker B: Sorry, I didn't catch that. Can you explain what you mean by "agile
methodologies" and "SCRUM"?
a. Quantity
b. Quality
c. Manner
d. Relation
a. First Language Acquisition is a purely innate process and does not require any
external input or interaction.
b. Children, generally speaking, follow a similar sequence of linguistic development.
c. Deaf children stop cooing at around 6 months of age.
d. One gesture that one-year olds can produce along with babbling is pointing with an
outstretched hand.
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d. a& c.
QUESTION 2 :
Fill in the blanks with the correct terms:
1. (--Maxim of Quality--) This maxim has to do with being honest and trying to make one’s
contribution a true one.
2. (-Hedges-) words or phrases used to indicate that we are not really sure that what we are
saying is sufficiently correct or complete. These are aspects of the quality maxim.
3. (----------Conversation Analysis---------------) The study of turn taking in conversations.
4. (--First Language Acquisition-----) The study of how children acquire their first language.
5. (-Input---) The language that the child/acquirer is exposed to.
QUESTION 3 :
A: Read the following conversation, then answer the question that follows: (1m)
Mother: Have you seen your friend Ahmed?
Son: We don’t speak to each other. (when the mother interprets the response of the
son as a "No")
Question: Within the mother’s response is an obvious adherence to the maxims
of......Quantity.............. and .......Relation............... .
B: Examine the following conversation between Adam and his mother, then answer the questions
that follow: (2m)
Jane: Bu (pointing at a book).
Mother: Yes, do you like Papa Bear or Baby Bear more.
Jane: Baby.
Mother: What is Baby Bear doing?
Jane: Eat (meaning: Baby Bear is eating food).
1. Give an estimation of Jane’s age based on her utterances :….1 year to 1.5 year old........
2. What do we call the stage of Jane’s acquisition?....One word stage (holophrastic stage)..
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QUESTION 4: Students’ answers may vary.
A: Define the following terms: (2m)
1. Telegraphic speech
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2. Tautology
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B: Write a short paragraph about the following topic: (3m) (50 – 100 words)
Support your argument with some examples.
Relevant argument=2 m; examples=0.5; language=0.5
Compare and contrast scripts and schemas as used in discourse analysis.
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