Pidgin Is A

question 16

Multiple Choice

Pidgin is a:

• A) second language.
• B) language invented by people thrown together without a common language. It typically draws lexical items from one or more of the contact languages, but develops its own primitive syntax.
• C) language developed by children who were taken out of one environment and placed in another before their first language syntax was complete.
• D) language that develops in second generations from the simple language that two groups have developed to communicate in the absence of a common language.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In behavioral psychology, a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without any need for prior learning.

Tone

The quality or character of sound or the attitude conveyed in speech or written text.

Air Puff

A technique often used in psychological experiments or eye exams, where a burst of air is directed towards the eye or skin to study reflexes or responses.