Child Language Acquisition: Recognising and Producing Sounds Flashcards
When do babies start to hear sounds?
Before they are born
How do stress patterns help babies learn about their language for English?
They learn how tone gets lower as the sentence goes on for English
What are Minimal Pairs?
Sounds that are alike, only different in one feature
What is an example of a minimal pair? (Phonetic example)
“Ba” and “bah” are barely different
How do we test minimal pairs?
Make the babies suck on something until they’re bored. Then introduce a new sound
What happens with children and minimal pairs as they get older?
They spend less time focussing on differences in sounds
How do children start producing sounds? What age does this happen?
Start with Babbling. Around 6 months old
Which linguist says babble sounds are accidents?
Piaget
Why do they argue babble sounds are accidents?
Children might make noises by accident and be interested so keep making the sound
What did Jakobson say about Babbling?
There was a pause between babbling and first words
What does Jakobson say the purpose of Babbling is if this is the case?
Babbling is learning how to make the sounds for the words
Which 2 linguists argued child babbling starts to sound like their parents?
Vihman and McCure
What do children do when they learn a new syllable structure?
Start trying to remember and replicate it
What is an example of children trying to learn a new syllable structure?
If their mum says “ball” the child might say “ba” to try and say “ball”
How are babble in to first word examples tested?
Children’s preferred babble sounds are noted and seen if they link up with their first words
