AOS 2 child language acquisition

Question 1

f-a-r-m-s-c

Answer 1

function (purpose)
audience
register
mode
social purpose (deeper goals)
context

Question 2

stages of child language acquisition

Answer 2

babbling
one-word utterances
two-word utterances
telegraphic stage

Question 3

babbling stage

Answer 3

experimentation of sounds.

Question 4

one-word utterances

Answer 4

12-18 months. because they only know a few words, children tend to overgeneralise in this stage even if it is not what they mean.

Question 5

two-word utterances

Answer 5

18-24 months. only contains content words, therefore interpretation depends on context.

Question 6

telegraphic stage

Answer 6

24-30 months. seems more similar to a sentence, however function words still lack.

Question 7

how can children handle difficult consonant clusters?

Answer 7

• leaves one consonant out
• resort to a different similar consonant
• inserting a vowel between the consonants

Question 8

what is over- and under- generalisation?

Answer 8

overgeneralisation occurs when children use one lexeme to refer to a wide range of potentially unrelated objects.
undergeneralisation occurs when children use one lexeme to refer to a more limited set of contexts than usual.

Question 9

compare inflectional and derivational morphemes.

Answer 9

inflectional morphemes do not change meaning/word class. they simply provide additional grammatical info.
derivational morphemes change the meaning of words.