In order to create complex Yes/no questions: a. Children rely on semantics b. They rely on syntax c. They tend to rely on both d. They don’t adhere to any of them
b. They rely on syntax
A structure-independent hypothesis operates on sentences as ……………..
Strings of words
True or False? Children take into account the syntactic rules, and the rules of structure-dependence to produce simple and complex yes/no questions.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE? All the principles of the UG should emerge early in the course of development.
TRUE
What type of questions demonstrated the problem with the structure-independent hypothesis?
Questions with relative clauses
What is an expletive?
Semantically empty dummy subjects without inherent reference.
TRUE OR FALSE? According to UG, children learn structure-dependent rules.
FALSE. They are part of the human mind.
What did the Jaba Experiment No. 2 demonstrate about semantics?
Children were impervious to the semantic features of the subject noun phrases.
