Child Acquisition - Content Flashcards
What are examples of a plosive?
‘P’ ‘T’ ‘K’ - Voiced
‘B’ ‘D’ ‘G’ - Unvoiced
What are examples of a fricative?
‘F’ ‘Th’ ‘Sh’ ‘H’ - Voiced
‘V’ ‘Z’ - Unvoiced
What are examples of a nasal?
‘M’ ‘N’
What is deletion?
Omitting the final consonant in words, e.g. do(g), cu(p)
What is substitution?
Substituting one sound for another e.g. ‘pip’ for ‘ship’
What is addition?
Adding an extra vowel sound at the end of words, e.g. ‘doggie’
What is deletion of unstressed syllable?
Omitting the opening syllable in a polysyllabic word, e.g. ‘nana’ for ‘banana’
What is a protoword?
A word which has a meaning for a child and their carer but are less effective with others. Therefore a child will have to acquire the vocabulary that will help them be understood by a wider audience.
What is a content word?
Words which are word classes
What is a function word?
Words which come from determiners, prepositions and auxiliary verbs
What is overextension?
Using the same word to describe something which shares similar qualities, e.g. a dog for all 4-legged animals
What is underextension?
Narrowing down word meanings, e.g. using ‘duck’ for white ducks, but not for brown ones
What is a virtuous error?
A mistake a child makes when they’re developing grammatically. For example with tenses, saying ‘I runned’ instead of ‘I ran’
What is an overgeneralisation?
A type of virtuous error. It is where application of a grammatical rule is applied where is shouldn’t be applied. For example, ‘foots’ instead of ‘feet’
What is positive face?
Where the individual desires social approval and being included
