Ch 6 Vocab

Question 1

motherese/parentese

Answer 1

Speech modifications made by adults who are talking to infants/young children

Question 2

prompting behaviors

Answer 2

any parental behaviors that require a toddler’s response

Question 3

fill-ins

Answer 3

A type of prompt. The parents says “This is a…” No response or an incorrect response from the child will usually result in additional prompts and recueing

Question 4

elicited imitations

Answer 4

A type of prompt. Parent cues with “Say X”

Question 5

questions

Answer 5

A type of prompt. May be of the confirmational yes/no (Eg. “Is this a ball?”) or of the wh- variety (Eg. What’s that?”). Unanswered or incorrectly answered questions are usually reformulated by the adult.

Question 6

responding behaviors

Answer 6

Refers to the way in which parents respond to child’s utterances. Do not generally require a response from the child

Question 7

expansion

Answer 7

A type of responding behavior. Adult’s more mature version of a child utterance that preserve the word order of the original child utterance Eg. when a child says “Doggie eat,” an adult might reply, “The doggie is eating.”

Question 8

extension

Answer 8

A type of responding behavior. Adult’s comment adding semantic knowledge to a topic established by a child. Eg. when a child says “Doggie eat,” an adult might reply, “Yes, doggie hungry”

Question 9

reformulation

Answer 9

A type of responding behavior. Adult recasting of a child utterance that makes it more grammatically correct, adds new info, or changes the form. Eg. child says “Gran’ma car, go zoo, ‘morrow with Nuncle Juan.” You might reply, “Yes, tomorrow Uncle Juan and you are going to he zoo in grandmother’s car.”

Question 10

imitation

Answer 10

Adults repeat to establish that they have understood and children repeat to ratify what adults have said. This signals attention to the other’s utterances, and places the repeated information in common ground.

Question 11

turnabouts

Answer 11

Both a response and prompting behavior. Conversational device used by a mother with a preschooler to maintain the conversation and aid the child in making on-topic comments. Consists of a comment on or reply to the child’s utterance followed by a cue, such as a question, for the child to reply. Ex. Child: “My birthday tomorrow!” Adult: “Your birthday is tomorrow! What do you think you will get?”