Chapter 9: Language Development Flashcards

1
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Are human and non-human communication similar?

A

No, qualitatively different.

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2
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What makes human language different from animal communication?

A

Symbolic
Grammatical

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3
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What does symbolic mean?

A

Arbitrary symbols present something other than themselves.

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4
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What does grammatical mean?

A

System of rules allowing for understanding of sentences never uttered before.

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5
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Language is a _ ability, we all acquire without coaching.

A

Primary.

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6
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What are the 5 aspects of language?

A

Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics

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7
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What is phonological development?

A

Develop sounds

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8
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What is babbling?

A

Speech mimicry in babies.

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9
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When do babies usually say their first word?

A

6 months

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10
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When do cooing and laughing begin?

A

2 to 4 months

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11
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What is phonemic awareness?

A

Figuring out that words consist of separable sounds

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12
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Babies repeat their mother’s intonation. What does that mean?

A

Speech rhythm of babies matches moms

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13
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Once children are 6-9, what percentage of their language is correct?

A

75%W

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14
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What is a morpheme?

A

How we can structure words (-ed, -s).

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15
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What are free morphemes?

A

Morphemes that can stand on their own, like duck.

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16
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What is a bound morpheme?

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Prefixes or suffixes, words that cant stand alone.

17
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What is the Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)? How does it develop?

A

of morphemes in a sentence. Gets bigger as time goes on.

18
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What is overregularization?

A

Using morphological rules on the wrong words (ex. mouses)

19
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What is the wug test?

A

This is a wug, now there is another one, that means there are two_.

20
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What is syntactic development?

A

Learning words.

21
Q

At 18 months, kids begin to learn about _ words per month.

A

Two

22
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What are holophrases?

A

1 word. but gets what they demand.

23
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What is telegraphic speech? (end of second year)

A

Omitting less important words, emma go bed now.

24
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Toddlers use many negatives, and use them wrong. Give an example.

A

I no do it.

25
Q

Questions aren’t asked with all the words in toddlers, they just use raised…

A

Intonation.

26
Q

Kids do not get passive sentences until they are 5-6. Give a passive sentence.

A

Ball hit by sally

27
Q

When do children get WH questions?

A

3

28
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6-7 year olds have _ speech.

A

Adultlike speech.

29
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What is the word spurt?

A

At 18 months, rapid learning of words.

30
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At around 18 months, kids begin to learn around _ to _ words per month.

A

22 to 37

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