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NEGATIVE EVIDENCE QUIZ
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Created on May 12, 2021
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NEGATIVE EVIDENCE, ACTUALLY
"Negative evidence" is reliable information available to a language learner about which strings of words are ungrammatical in the language to be acquired. Which of the following hypothetical situations would, and would not, count as negative evidence?
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a. Mother expresses disapproval every time Junior speaks ungrammatically.
NO
YES
THE CHILD IS LIKELY TO INTERPRET THAT HIS MOTHER IS EXPRESSING DISAPPROVAL OF THE CONTENT, NOT THE LANGUAGE
Right!
NO
THE CHILD IS LIKELY TO INTERPRET THAT HIS MOTHER IS EXPRESSING DISAPPROVAL OF THE CONTENT, NOT THE LANGUAGE
Wrong!
NO
Father often rewards Junior when he speaks grammatically, and often punishes him when he speaks ungrammatically.
YES
NO
There is no information for the child to know whether the punishment and the rewards are about the language or the message
Right!
NO
There is no information for the child to know whether the punishment and the rewards are about the language or the message
Wrong!
NO
Father repeats all of Junior's grammatical sentences verbatim, and converts all of his ungrammatical sentences into grammatical ones.
NO
YES
The child understands he has produced an ungrammatical sentence and has information about how to say it correctly
Right!
yes
The child understands he has produced an ungrammatical sentence and has information about how to say it correctly
Wrong!
yes
Father corrects Junior whenever he produces an overregularization like breaked, but never corrects him when he produces a correct past tense form like broke
YES
NO
The child has information about what sentences he says are wrong and how to correct them
Right!
YES
The child has information about what sentences he says are wrong and how to correct them
Wrong!
yes
Whenever Junior speaks ungrammatically, Mother responds by correcting the sentence to the grammatical version. When he speaks grammatically, Mother responds with a follow-up that merely recasts the sentence in different words.
YES
No
This is very confusing for the poor child. He thinks his mother is correcting all of his sentences
Right!
NO
This is very confusing for the poor child. He thinks his mother is correcting all of his sentences
Wrong!
NO
Whenever Junior speaks ungrammatically, Father changes the subject.
NO
YES
The child has no information on what he has done wrong or that he has done anything wrong at all. This will possibly traumatize the poor kid!
Right!
NO
The child has no information on what he has done wrong or that he has done anything wrong at all. This will possibly traumatize the poor kid!
Wrong!
NO
Mother never repeats Junior's ungrammatical sentences verbatim, but sometimes repeats his grammatical sentences verbatim.
NO
YES
This is too inconsistent for the child to learn anything
Right!
NO
This is too inconsistent for the child to learn anything
Wrong!
NO
Father blathers incessantly, producing all possible strings of English words, furrowing his brows after every ungrammatical string and pursing his lips after every grammatical sentence.
NO
YES
Again, (even if doing this were possible-- poor child, totally traumatised by his parents) this is too confusing for the child to learn what is grammatical and ungrammatical
Right!
NO
Again, (even if doing this were possible-- poor child, totally traumatised by his parents) this is too confusing for the child to learn what is grammatical and ungrammatical
Wrong!
NO
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