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6. Language development Flashcards

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What is meant by ‘comprehension always precedes production’? (Language development PCA)

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Children can do it earlier and are better at it

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What are phonemes? (Language development PCA)

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A sound to distinguish a meaning

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What are morphemes? (Language development PCA)

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Smallest unit of meanings

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What is syntax? (Language development PCA)

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Rules for combining words

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What is pragmatics? (Language development PCA)

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Special rules in language

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What is semantics? (Language development PCA)

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Word meanings

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At what age on average is the first word produced? (Language development PCA)

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13 months

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What age is there an experience of vocabulary spurt? (Language development PCA)

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14 months

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At what age do simple sentences begin to form? (Language development PCA)

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24 months

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What does the left hemisphere focus on? (Language development PCA)

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Language action

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What does damage to the Broca’s area cause? (Language development PCA)

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Difficulties in producing speech

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What does damage to the Wernickle’s area cause? (Language development PCA)

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Difficulties in understanding word meanings

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What are 3 pragmatic cues? (Language development PCA)

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  • Process of elimination
  • Eye gaze
  • Facial expressions
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What is a category? (Language development PCA)

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A collection of objects in the world that share commonality

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What is categorisation? (Language development PCA)

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The process of identifying the category to which the stimulus belongs to

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What does categorisation require? (Language development PCA)

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  • Objects need to be discriminable

- Need to be treated equivalently

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What are the three types of categorical hierarchies? (Language development PCA)

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  • Superordinate (animals)
  • Basic level categories (dog)
  • Subordinate categories (labrador)
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What are the features of superordinate categories? (Language development PCA)

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  • Broad categories
  • Linked to a functional purpose
  • Limited variable perception between items
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What are the features of basic level categories? (Language development PCA)

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  • First to develop
  • Consistent
  • Words that form natural conversation
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What are the features of subordinate categories? (Language development PCA)

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  • Specific
  • Expert words
  • Used to disambiguate
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What does intermodal perception involve? (Language development PCA)

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Combining information from two or more senses

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