1. FLA Flashcards
What is First Language Acquisition?
First Language Acquisition is the process by which children learn their first language, typically from birth to around age five.
What are the basic requirements for language acquisition?
Exposure (Interaction )
Cultural Transmission
Environment that supports learning
What is the acquisition schedule for language development?
Prelinguistic stage
one-word stage
two-word stage
telegraphic stage.
What is caregiver speech, and how does it help children acquire language?
Caregiver speech is the way that adults talk to young children, characterized by a high-pitched, sing-song tone, exaggerated intonation, and simplified vocabulary and grammar. It helps children acquire language by providing them with clear, repetitive, and engaging input.
What is overextension, and how does it relate to semantics?
Overextension is a pattern where a child overextends the meaning of a word on the basis of similarities of shape, size, and to a lesser extent, movement and texture. It relates to semantics because it shows how children are trying to make sense of the world around them by using language to categorize and label objects and actions.
What is the difference between syntax and morphology?
Syntax refers to the rules for combining words into sentences, while morphology refers to the rules for forming words from smaller units called morphemes.
What are some examples of the grammatical functions that children acquire during the process of developing morphology?
Some examples of the grammatical functions that children acquire during the process of developing morphology include the -ing form, regular plurals, the verb to be (is/was), past tense, and the regular -s marker on third person singular present tense verbs.
Example
Regular -s marker on third singular “he walks to school”, “she plays with her toys”, “they eat breakfast”
What is variability in language development, and why is it important to consider?
Variability in language development refers to the fact that children may produce ‘good’ forms one day and ‘odd’ forms the next. It is important to consider because it shows that language development is not a linear or predictable process, and that individual differences in learning style, motivation, and environment can all affect the rate and pattern of language acquisition.
What is the critical period hypothesis, and what evidence supports it?
The critical period hypothesis suggests that there is a specific window of time during childhood in which language acquisition is most effective, and that after this period, language acquisition becomes more difficult.
