3/18 & 3/20-Difference vs. Disorder

Question 1

What includes how we perceive the world?

Answer 1

Language

Question 2

What is the primary means of teaching a child about his/her culture?

Answer 2

Speech

Question 3

How is cultural identities created?

Answer 3

By the vocabulary and grammatical constructs used in his/her language

Question 4

What is dialect?

Answer 4

Mutually intelligible forms of a language associated with a particular region, ethnicity, or social class

Question 5

What is bidialect?

Answer 5

They speak two dialects within the same language

i.e. standard Arab and dialect of Arab

Question 6

How is dialect distinguished?

Answer 6

By grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary use

Question 7

What is AAE?

Answer 7

African American English

Question 8

Where is AAE originate from?

Answer 8

West Africa

Question 9

What is the use of AAE influenced by?

Answer 9

• Age
• SES
• Geographic location (the south, GA, LA, Mississippi, inner cities)
• Education
• Gender

Question 10

What is SAE?

Answer 10

Standard American English

Question 11

What is AAE considered it’s own language/dialect?

Answer 11

Because it has it’s own:

• patterns of pronunciation
• patterns of grammar
• vocabulary

Question 12

What are some phonological characteristics of AAE?

Answer 12

• weak/unstressed syllable deletion
• omission of final consonants
• consonant cluster reduction

Question 13

What is bilingualism?

Answer 13

They speak two different languages (two types)

Question 14

What are two types of bilingualism?

Answer 14

1) Simultaneous

2) Successive

Question 15

What is simultaneous bilingualism?

Answer 15

• L1 + L2 learning two languages concurrently (from the beginning)
• undifferentiated phonological system at first (becomes differentiated by age 2)

Question 16

What is successive bilingualism?

Answer 16

• L1 then L2- learning of one language and THEN another

- most likely able to maintain “dual” phonological system

Question 17

What is the second most common language in the U.S.?

Answer 17

Spanish

Question 18

How many dialects of Spanish are there?

Answer 18

6

Question 19

True or False:

Are phonological processes and articulatory errors also common in Spanish-speaking children?

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What are some phonological characteristics of Spanish?

Answer 20

• Vowels = 5
• Consonants = 18
• Does not have voiced/unvoiced “th”, “z”, “zh” and no “v” (more similar to /b/)

Question 21

What age is typically developing Spanish speaking children acquire/master all Spanish phonemes

Answer 21

4

Question 22

What are some language characteristics of Spanish?

Answer 22

• Adjective comes after noun
• S omitted in plurals and possessives
• Past tense -ed is omitted
• Double negative required

Question 23

What population has a significant minority population in the U.S. yet, greatest variety of languages and dialects?

Answer 23

Asian/Pacific Islanders

Question 24

Where are Asian/Pacific Islanders from?

Answer 24

• China
• India
• Vietnam
• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Thai
• Philippines

Question 25

How many languages do Philippinos speak?

Answer 25

80

Question 26

True or False

Most Asian born Americans are bilingual or multilingual?

Answer 26

True

Question 27

What are some phonological characteristics of Asian/Pacific Islander?

Answer 27

• Omission of final consonant (set/step; ro/robe)
• Abbreviation of polysyllable word or emphasize incorrect syllable (e’funt/e’lephant)
• Devoicing (beece/bees; pick/pig; luff/love)
• r/l confusion (lice/rice; clown/crown)
• Omission of /r/ (gull/girl; tone/torn)
• No voiced/unvoiced “th” (Dose/those; tin/thin)