Child directed speech CDS

Question 1

What is CDS

Answer 1

the various ways in which a caregiver adapts their language to help children develop their language

Question 2

what are the features of CDS

Answer 2

higher pitch, longer pauses, repetition, simpler sentences, more questions, use of diminutives (words that suggest a smaller version of something), use of nicknames and nouns.

Question 3

what is expansion

Answer 3

where a caregiver might develop the child’s language to make it more grammatically correct

Question 4

what is recast

Answer 4

when a child’s utterance is repeated to them and corrected

Question 5

what is under-extension

Answer 5

when the child gets the extent of the label wrong, e.g only labels their own cat a cat and not all other cats.

Question 6

what is over-extension

Answer 6

when label is over extended and applied to more things than it should be e.g all 4 legged animals labelled a cat.