2.1.7 Lexical Development Flashcards
1
Q
What was Gervains test in _
A
2012
Published work that tested babies at 2 and 3 days old and discovered that brain activity peaked with reduplicated syllables
2
Q
What does Gervains study not explain
A
Why many of the first words contain variegated syllables
3
Q
What does David Crystal argue
A
That children recognise their parents get excited when they say the ‘ma’ and ‘da’ syllable therefore they say this a lot
4
Q
Lexical words (sometimes called _ or …) carry …
A
Content
Open class words
Some form of meaning
5
Q
Grammatical words (sometimes called … or …) serve a …
A
Function words
Closed words
Cohesive purpose in holding the sentence together
