9.1 Complex Sentences

Question 1

what are the precursors of use?

Answer 1

mutual gaze and joint attention

Question 2

what are the precursors of form?

Answer 2

tongue clicks, babbling, sound production

Question 3

what are precursors of content?

Answer 3

object permanence, searching for objects, putting objects together, using objects appropriately

Question 4

when it comes to single words we are coding for…

Answer 4

1. object knowledge (cookie)
2. event knowledge (eat)
3. relational knowledge (more cookie, eat cookie)

Question 5

what is a complex sentence?

Answer 5

two verb relations joined together to code a relationship (2 or 3 constituents)

Question 6

at what age do complex sentences occur?

Answer 6

2.5 - 3 years old

Question 7

at what age do complex sentences occur?

Answer 7

2.5 - 3 years old

Question 8

complex sentences are usually joined with a _________ ____________ such as a conjunction, but not always.

Answer 8

syntactic connective