child language acquisition Flashcards
consonant
a basic speech sound where breath is partly obstructed and can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable
consonant cluster
when two consonants a positioned together, they can appear at the start of words “st”
assimilation
a sound that’s borrowed from another part of the word
dog - gog
deletion
the removal of a phoneme, unstressed syllables or simplified consonant clusters
“nana” for “banana”
substitution
a harder sound is replaced by an easier one
dat for that
fricative
when you squeeze air through a small gap in your mouth
plosives
made by completely blocking the air flow as it leaves the body
there are 6 plosives sounds: /p/ /t/ /k/ /b/ /d/ /g/
bilabial
a type of sound in a group of labial consonants that are made with both lips by partially stopping the air
/b/ /p/ /m/
alveolar
sounds that are produced with the tongue touching the ridge on the roof of the mouth behind the teeth
/t/ /n/ /d/
velar
produced with the back part of the tongue against the roof of the mouth
/k/ /g/ /n/
babbling
a child creates a combination of vowels and consonants (6-9 months)
cooing
sounds that babies make like “goo” around the age of 6-8 weeks and a child discovers their vocal cords
phonemic expansion
the amount of sounds a baby can produce increases (6-9 months)
phonemic contraction
sounds the child can make are reduced
protowords
clusters of sounds that represent the baby’s attempt to articulate specific words (9-12months)
reduplicated monosyllable
the repetition of a sound
vegetative state
0-2 months
baby’s way of communicating is crying
monophthong
a vowel that has a single perceived auditory quality “pure vowel”
diphthong
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable
vowel
a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract
