The Constraint-Based Approach to Grammar

question 41

Multiple Choice

The constraint-based approach to grammar

• A)contends that language ability is innate.
• B)proposes that environmental input may offer enough data to pick up on syntactic structures.
• C)is inconsistent with research demonstrating infants' abilities to pick up on word boundaries.
• D)is a serial/information-processing approach to explaining language acquisition.

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Definitions:

Horizontal Structures

An organizational structure that emphasizes teamwork and collaboration among departments, reducing hierarchies.

Span of Control

The number of direct reports that a supervisor or manager can effectively manage.

Optimum Span

The ideal range or limit within which a specific condition or variable yields the best performance or outcome.

Management Overhead

Represents the costs associated with administrative and management functions that are not directly related to production or service delivery.