A child uses word order correctly to tell the difference between "the dog chased the boy" and "the boy chased the dog". The child also tells her grandmother what happened at nursery yesterday and what she will do at the weekend.
Explain how two of Aitchison's (1983) criteria of language are shown by the child.
48 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 10.1 Language, thought and communication, covering 10.1.1 Relationship between language and thought, 10.1.2 How thought and language affect views of the world, 10.1.3 Human vs animal communication, 10.1.4 Non-verbal communication examples, and 10.1.5 Explanations of non-verbal communication. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.