Across
- 3. The theory criticized by Chomsky in 1957
- 6. The brain area identified with linguistic functions, along with Wernicke's area
- 14. The concept that children first use the meaning of a word to figure out its syntactic category
- 15. The Swiss psychologist associated with the cognitive theory of language acquisition
- 17. The term for children's over-application of grammatical rules, like 'drinked' instead of 'drank'
- 19. The process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language
- 20. The five main stages of language acquisition include cooing, babbling, holophrastic, two-word, and this stage
Down
- 1. The linguist who studied the formation of Dutch-based creoles in Surinam
- 2. The term for the language behavior of adults when talking to children, adapted to support acquisition
- 4. The stage where children begin to use two-word utterances
- 5. The phenomenon where children seem unaware of objects they cannot see during their first year of life
- 7. Stage of language acquisition where children use single words to convey complex meanings
- 8. Chomsky's theory that suggests an inborn faculty for language acquisition
- 9. The critical period for language acquisition typically ends around this age
- 10. The term for a simplified language developed by adults with limited exposure to a new language
- 11. Theory emphasizing the interaction between children and caregivers
- 12. Psychologist who proposed the behaviorist theory of language acquisition
- 13. A full language developed from a pidgin by children
- 16. Type of reinforcement where desirable behavior is rewarded
- 18. Chomsky's innate faculty for language acquisition