Ch 9

Question 1

Phonology

Answer 1

Sounds of language

Question 2

Morphology

Answer 2

Rules & meaning of language

Question 3

Semantics

Answer 3

Meaning of words

Question 4

Syntax

Answer 4

Rules for how words combine

Question 5

Referential styles

Answer 5

Get info as we point it out

Question 6

Expression style

Answer 6

Social phrases (“I want it “ instead of “want”or “mine”)

Question 7

Infant directed speech

Answer 7

Slow & exaggerated changes in pitch “baby talk” may help babies learn language

Question 8

Underextensions

Answer 8

I am recalling something by a word but I’m not using it anywhere else

Ex: my family dog is a dog but the dog on the street isn’t a dog, bc a dog is only for me

Question 9

Overextension

Answer 9

When I am using the same word to something that isn’t that word

Ex: ok a dog is a 4 leges animal with fur, so now I see a cat and I call it a dog

Ex: every old person is grandma bc my grandma is old

Question 10

Fast mapping

Answer 10

Learning word meanings rapidly that the child can’t be considering all possible meanings

We make connections with what we see