CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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The word ‘recitation’ is an example of what type of lexical gap?
A
Morphological
B
Phonological
C
Semantic
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This can include a word’s affixes. In English grammar, you can form deverbal nouns (nouns derived from verbs) by the addition of suffixes such as-(t)ion or-al to some verbs. For example, the verb ”recite” can give you ”recitation” and ”recital.”

Detailed explanation-2: -A morphological gap is the absence of a word that could exist given the morphological rules of a language, including its affixes. For example, in English a deverbal noun can be formed by adding either the suffix-al or-(t)ion to certain verbs (typically words from Latin through Anglo-Norman French or Old French).

Detailed explanation-3: -The absence of a linguistic form from a language because it contravenes one or more phonological constraints-usually phonotactic constraints. For example, the putative German word mob is a systematic gap, because word-final obstruents must be voiceless in German.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lexical gaps occur when there is no equivalent translation to refer to the opposite gender. For example, a woman can be referred to as “bubbly” yet there is not male equivalent, and similarly a man can be referred to as a “bloke” but there is no female equivalent.

Detailed explanation-5: -lexical gap Definitions and Synonyms The lack of a general word for a parent’s siblings is a lexical gap in English.

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