Child Language Acquisition

Question 1

Damage to the Broca area can cause problems with?

Answer 1

Speech

Question 2

Damage to the Wernicke area of the brain can cause problems with?

Answer 2

Comprehension

Question 3

Critical Period

Answer 3

Before puberty, the period in which children must be exposed to language in order to develop the skill successfully.

Question 4

Child Directed Speech

Answer 4

AKA Infant Direct Talk, is a distinctive mode of talking to young children or infants.

Question 5

Cooing [time]

Answer 5

From 6 - 8 week.

Question 6

Babbling [time]

Answer 6

6 - 10 months.

Question 7

One Word [time]

Answer 7

10 - 15 months.

Question 8

When is a spurt in vocabulary in an infant?

Answer 8

Around 19 months.

Question 9

Cooing

Answer 9

Long drawn out vowel sounds.

Question 10

Babbling

Answer 10

Combination of one consonant and a vowel.

Question 11

What is the technical name for the “one word” period of CLA?

Answer 11

Holophrastic stage.

Question 12

When do infants start combining words?

Answer 12

By the end of their second year.

Question 13

What is over generalisation?

Answer 13

Using certain word formation rules for more words than required. Example sit -> sitted, or foot -> foots.

Question 14

What is over extension?

Answer 14

Using a given word in a broader context than appropriate. Example: using the word “dog” to describe all animals with four legs.

Question 15

What is under extension?

Answer 15

Using a given word in a restricted context. For example: calling your dog “dog” but not other dogs, a dog.

Question 16

What are the three major child language acquisition theories?

Answer 16

The nativist, behaviourist and constructivist theory.

Question 17

Who was the main proposer of the nativist theory?

Answer 17

Chomsky.

Question 18

Who was the main proposer of the behaviourist theory?

Answer 18

Skinner.

Question 19

What is the behaviourist theory?

Answer 19

Language is learnt through positive and negative reinforcement.

Question 20

What is the nativist theory?

Answer 20

The rules in language and grammar are innate in us and common to all humans.We have a LAD in our brains which is just used for language functions.

Question 21

What is LAD?

Answer 21

Language Acquisition Device, part of the nativist theory.

Question 22

What is the constructivist theory?

Answer 22

AKA social interactionist. Language is learnt because of the need to communicate with those around us. Children solve problems that the environment presents to them and the knowledge received is actively constructed by the child.

Question 23

What is a regular plural?

Answer 23

A word in which the plural can be made by just adding an “s” to the end of a word.

Question 24

What is an irregular plural?

Answer 24

A word in which is changed to form a plural. Eg: man/men, sheep/sheep. (no “s” is added).

Question 25

What is bilabial articulation?

Answer 25

Using both lips together to make the sound, generally when using the consonant “p” or “b”.

Question 26

What is labio-dental articulation?

Answer 26

Using the lower lip and upper teeth, the consonants “f” and “v” cause this.

Question 27

Give an example of a past participle?

Answer 27

Possible answers may include: [SIMPLE/PAST/PAST PARTICIPLE], (be/was/been), (begin/began/begun), (drive/drove/driven). HINT: “I have .. VERB”…