3.2 - Atypical Language Development Flashcards
Does correction seem to have any effect on language correctness?
No
Learnability
Is something capable of being learned
Who and what did Zwicky study?
His daughter’s use of past participles
What is Atypical Language Development?
A language is the impairment or deviant development of comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written, and/or symbol system.
Dr. Ingram doesn’t want us to know this He finds that definitions don’t really tell us much of anything other than the fact that there’s some problem with language development
What do we mean we we say language development is Impaired
There is a delay
The child cannot do something they should be able to do
What do we mean we we say language development is Deviant?
There is a larger problem with language
Disordered
Atypical patterns
Language impairment involve (1) the ______, (2) the ______ and/or (3) the ______ in communication.
Form of language
Content of language
Function of language in communication
What is the form of language?
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
What is the content of language?
Semantics
What is the function of language?
Pragmatics
What is Typology?
Atypical language development may occur in a wide range of contexts
Does each type of atypical language development needs to be studied individually?
Yes
What is the cause of atypical language development?
Dysfunction of the brain centers for language and cognition
What are the Phonological Etiologies of atypical language development?
Fluency
Voice
Cleft palate
Dysarthria
Developmental phonology
What is Fluency?
Rate & Rhythm
What is Voice?
Larynx
What can be caused by cleft palate?
Hypernasality
What is Dysarthria?
Problems with the execution of speech
What is developmental phonology?
How kids learn their phonology normally and what happens when they don’t
What debate surrounds issues of Fluency?
Is it a Motor Problem or a Language Problem?
What is transitional dysfluency?
Kids lose fluency for a small period of time then it comes back
Can occur during a period of rapid grammatical development.
There’s just too much going on. This creates a processing bottleneck.
When does transitional dysfluency tend to occur?
Around 3;0
How does Dysfluency occur in Bilingualism?
May occur in one language but not the other