What Can Be Said About Sensitive Windows for Language Acquisition

question 25

Multiple Choice

What can be said about sensitive windows for language acquisition?

• A) Children do not start to acquire any language before the age of 1 year.
• B) People can learn to speak languages equally well, regardless of the age of acquisition.
• C) Some aspects of language, such as accents, do not show any evidence for sensitive windows for acquisition.
• D) People who are raised bilingually have two distinct language centers in their brain that do not overlap.
• E) Learning a sign language is subject to a sensitive window constraint similar to that when learning a spoken language.

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Definitions:

Degree of Operating Leverage

A financial ratio that measures the percentage change in operating income in response to a percentage change in sales.

Forecasted Contribution Margin

An estimated metric that indicates the difference between sales revenue and variable costs of goods sold, used to predict the profitability of sales.

Contribution Margin

The difference between sales revenue and variable costs, used to cover fixed costs and to generate profit.

Contribution Margin

The selling price per unit, minus the variable cost per unit, indicating how much each unit contributes to covering fixed costs and generating profit.