Chapter 3 - Language Development

Question 1

Morphology

Answer 1

Study of word structure

Question 2

Bound morpheme

Answer 2

Cannot convey meaning on its own

Question 3

Syntax

Answer 3

Word order

Question 4

Semantics

Answer 4

Word meaning

Question 5

Overextension

Answer 5

Thinking all women are called mommies

Question 6

Underextension

Answer 6

Only the Oreo is a cookie

Question 7

Fast mapping

Answer 7

Childs ability to learn a new word with only a few exposures

Question 8

Birth to 3

Answer 8

Vowels

Coos

Question 9

4-6 months

Answer 9

Vocal play
Marginal babbling 
Varies pitch 
Responds to name 
Bilabial trills

Question 10

7-9 months

Answer 10

Comprehends no 
Uses gestures 
Varies sound combinations 
Variegated babbling 
Imitates intonation

Question 11

10-12 months

Answer 11

Follows 1 step direction
Objects with sound
Gestures with vocalization
All consonant and vowels

Question 12

1-2 years

Answer 12

1-2 word sentences
Holographic phrases (1 word for multiple meanings)
50 words at 18 months
18-24 months start two word combo

Question 13

2-3 years old

Answer 13

3-4 word sentences
Telegraphic speech
Asks wh questions
Knows body parts

Question 14

3-4 years

Answer 14

Tag questions
Uses negation
Asks, how, why and when

Question 15

4-5 years

Answer 15

Complex sentences
Future tense 
Categories 
Understands time 
Tell jokes

Question 16

MLU
6-12 months
1-2 years

Answer 16

6-12 = 1.0

1-2 years = 2-2.5

Question 17

MLU
2-3 years
3-4 years

Answer 17

2-3 = 2-3

3-4 = 3-4.5

Question 18

MLU
4-5 years
5-6 years

Answer 18

4-5 = 4.5 +

5-6 = 5-6

Question 19

Phonological awareness

Answer 19

Ability to detect and manipulate sounds and syllables

Question 20

Morphological awareness

Answer 20

Recognition, understanding and use of word parts that carry significance

Question 21

Common core standard major goals

Answer 21

Create globally competitive citizens
Prepare students for college
Create critical readers
Help students become more responsible citizens who use evidence for deliberation

Question 22

Behavioral theory of language development

Answer 22

Acquisition of verbal behavior is manifested by actions of verbal community
Social/environmental actions
Verbal behavior produced

Question 23

Nativist theory of language development

Answer 23

Chomsky
Language is a product of the human mind because of universal grammar rules
Children born with an LAD
Innate ability to learn language

Question 24

Cognitive theory of language development

Answer 24

Piaget

Language acquisition possible because of cognition and intellectual processes

Question 25

Piaget’s 4 stages

Answer 25

Sensorimotor - 0-2 years
Preoperational - 2-7 years
Concrete operations - 7-11 years
Formal operations - 11+

Question 26

Information processing theory of language acquisition

Answer 26

Organization of stimulus -> memory -> transfer -> attention -> discrimination

Question 27

Social interactionism theory of language development

Answer 27

Vygotsky
Language because of social communicative function
People are motivated to interact with those around them