Child Langauge Flashcards
What is deletion
Deleting it omitting a sound
What is addition
Adding a sound into a word creating an error
What is assimilation
A sound that occurs elsewhere in the word is repeated
What is substitutionary
A harder sound is replaced with an easier one
What is constant cluster reduction
Reducing constants as they are hard to pronounce
Deletion of unstressed syllables
Omitting the opening syllable in polysyllabic words “nanna”
Monophthrong
A vowel spoken with one tone and one mouth position “teeth”
Diphthong
Combing two vowels in a single syllable
Begins as one vowel and moves to another “boy,coin”
Velar constants
Raising the front of the tongue towards the upper alveolar ridge
Bilabial constants
Bringing both lips together
Plosives
Airflow is blocked - ptkbdg
Fricative
Partially blocked air that moves through the mouth -vzfs
12-18 months
Holophrastic stage
One word utterances
18 months to 2 years
Two word stage
2-3 years
Telegraphic stage - three or more word utterances
Nouns, verbs, basic questions
Misses auxillary, prepositions, conjunctions, indefinite/definite articles
3 years plus
Post telegraphic-
uses auxiliaries, prepositions, conjunctions
What theory says the estimated Lexis for different ages
Nelson
How many words for 18 month
50
How many words for a 2 years
200
How many words for a 5 year
2000
How many words for a 7 year
4000
Hyponym
Category
Hypernym
Subcategories
What theorist designed overextension
Leslie Rescorlas
Categorical overextension
Name for one object is used for all objects
Analogically overextension
A word for one object is extended to other words in another category
Predicate overextension
Relationship between an object and an indent object
What is labelling
Aitchison- linking words to the object
Packaging
Aitchison- exploring labels and boundaries of words
Network building
Making connections between words
What is Chomsky’s theory
Children have an innate ability to learn language
Born with a LAD
Halliday a- instrumental
Language to fulfill a need
Halliday- regulatory
Influence behaviour of others
Halliday- interactional
Language for social interaction
Halliday- personal
Express feeling and opinion
Halliday- representational
Exchange Info and facts
Halliday- Heuristic
Language to learn and discover
Halliday- imaginative
Exploring imagination
What is Skinners theory
Behaviourism
Positive and negative reinforcement
Children learn through trial and error
What is the Wugg test
A word that the child thinks they are pronouncing right and can’t understand the difference
What is a virtuous error
Example of Chomsky’s theory that. Hood ten try and predict and make patterns in language
What is Bruners theory
Social interaction LASS- Scaffolding Gaining attention Query Label Feedback
What is browns theory
Inflections 1 ing 2 s plural 3 s possessive 4 Ed 5 s 3 rd person 6 be
What is Piaget theory
Cognitive
Sensorimotor- 0-2 yes
Know words through movement and sensations
Preoperational stage 2-7 yes
Learn words and pictures to represent objects
Become egocentric and struggle to see things from a different perspective
What is David crystals theory
1 children speak if they want something 2 ask questions 3 ask questions using intonation 4 use complex sentences 5 adult language
