Child Acuisistion No3 Flashcards
Name the 2 ares of grammar
Syntax
Morphology
What are the 4 stages of children’s grammatical development
Holophrastic
Two-word
Telegraphic
Post telegraphic
Describe chomskys beliefs on child language acquisition
He thinks that children have an inate grammar meaning acquiring language is more than just mimicking adults
Hypernyms
The word for a group of things - fruit
Hyponyms
The individual word -apple
What are holophrases
Single word conveys a complex message
Eg- “ball” - i want that ball
Describe browns study
In the two word stage children are able to join two words together and explore different combinations and learn correct English word wonder
In browns study he found that children make the same relationship between grammatical concepts
When do children learn how to from questions and negatives
In the telegraphic stage
24/36 months
Why does forming questions take long for children
Only later in the telegraphic stage children can successfully create yes/no interrogatives because it involves changing syntax and using auxiliary verbs
“Can I have book “
Why does forming negatives take longer for children
Children are able to form negatives in the telegraphic stage this is because in order to use negation children needs syntactic awareness
Why are pronouns hard for children to use
Pronouns can be difficult as they are not concrete
Why are determiners difficult for children to use?
Determiners are another function word acquired later in development determines are attached to nouns
Articles- a ,the
Numerals - one
Possessives - my
Quantifiers - some many
Demonstratives- this
