Child Directed Speech Flashcards
(13 cards)
What language levels can we apply CDS to?
1) Phonology
2) Lexis and Semantics
3) Grammar
4) Pragmatics
How can we apply CDS to PHONOLOGY?
- separate phrases more distinctly
- speak more slowly
- exaggerated sing song intonation
- exaggerated difference between Qs, statements and commands
- higher and wider range of pitch
How can we apply CDS to LEXIS AND SEMANTICS?
- concrete nouns, dynamic verbs
- adopt child’s own words for things
- frequent use of child’s name, absence of pronouns
- caregiver speaks in 3rd person
How can we apply CDS to GRAMMAR?
- repeated sentence frames
- more simple sentence frames
- fewer complex sentences and passives
- omission of past tense and inflections
- more commands, Qs, tag Qs
- use of expansions- ‘fills out’ child’s utterances
- use of recasting
How can we apply CDS to PRAGMATICS?
- lots of gestures and body language
- frequent stops and pauses for child’s response
- supportive language/politeness to boost confidence
What is CDS?
Child directed speech is the language used by adults/caregivers when addressing children
What is exaggerating prosodic cues?
More exaggerated intonation patterns and slightly higher frequencies, greater pitch variation
What is recasting?
Child’s vocabulary is out into a new, more grammatically accurate utterance
What is echoing?
Repeating what the child said
What is expansion?
Restating what the child said in a more linguistically sophisticated form
What is expatiation?
Expounding further on the word by giving more information
What is labelling?
Providing a name of objects, using simplified vocabulary
What is over articulating?
Using more precise sounds contained in the words, stretching out sounds, sounding out ‘super-vowels’
