CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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Cross-cultural research on semantic development shows that
A
English-speaking toddlers are more likely than Asian toddlers to acquire action words in their beginning vocabularies.
B
children in many cultures have more object words than action words in their beginning vocabularies.
C
Asian toddlers are more likely than English-speaking toddlers to use object words.
D
toddlers more readily understand extensions of action words to new contexts than extensions of object words.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Page 1. SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES. Semantics is the understanding of word meanings and the relationships between words. Children’s semantic development is a gradual process beginning just before the child says their first word and incudes a wide range of word types.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Semantic development is the part of childhood language development during which children assign meaning to words and are able to compare words to other words. It begins before children know how to speak or read.

Detailed explanation-3: -A child who has difficulty with semantics might find it difficult to understand instructions or conversations with words that have a double meaning. As they may only know one meaning or find it difficult to understand that some words have more than one meaning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Semantics is the branch of linguistics that tries to understand how words have meanings. The word semantics is derived from the Greek sema, meaning “sign, ” and its related adjective, semantikos, meaning “significant.” (See also Linguistics.) Words are considered to be signs that stand for something.

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