Guided Reading Questions for chapter eight NAME______________________Psy 201 Andrew GummowLanguage (pp. 318 – 328)1. In your own words, what does it mean when we say that language is symbolic?2. In your own words, what does it mean when we say that language is generative?3. In your own words, what does it mean when we say that language is structured?4. What are the two smallest units of structure in language? Define each of these.5. What is the difference between semantics and syntax?6. Why is it that babbling begins to sound more like the parents language after about 6 months of age? And, at what age typically does babbling turn into real words?7. What is “fast mapping”, and how is this related to the vocabulary spurt?8. Think of an example of overextension other than the example in the book:9. How is telegraphic speech similar to the language some people use in texting? In texting we do this to save time, but why do toddler’s do it?10. Other than the examples given in your textbook, give at least two examples of overregularization:11. What is metalinguistic awareness? If your psychology class was very boring today and you went home and said “Psychology class is sooooooo interesting!” would a 5 year old understand your sarcastic statement?12. When is the best time to learn a second language?13. Can animals truly develop language? Support your answer:14. How does the Behaviorist theory explain language development?15. How does the Nativist theory explain language development?16. Is one of these theories entirely correct, or do we need a third theory?17. What is the linguistic relativity hypothesis? Do you believe