CHILD LANGUAGE AQ FEATURES Flashcards
THE STAGES OF LANGUAGE AQUISITION
0-6 months- proto language
6-12 months- babbling
12-18 months- holophrastic/one word stage
18-24 months- two word
24-36 months- telegraphic (3/4 words)
36-60 months- fluency
KEY ELEMENTS MISSED FROM CERTAIN UTTERANCES
Articles- “a” “the”
Auxiliary verbs- “is” “has”
Prepositions- “to” “on” “for”
Conjunctions- “but” “because”
PHONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Young children will often miss out consonant clusters due to them not have mastering how to pronounce them yet.
Typical Consonant clusters-
“Th” “Ch” “Sh” “Sl”
SUBSITUTION
Children will often substitute harder sounds with easier ones.
R becomes W (story-stowy)
TH becomes d, n or f
T (toe) becomes D (doe)
P (pig) becomes B
VOCABULARY
12 months- first recognisable word
18 months- productive vocabulary of around 50 words
24 months- most children have 200 word vocab
36 months- 2,000
On average, children learn 10 words a day
OVER EXTENSION
Hearing someone call something a word, and then applying that word to everything they deem as similar
E.g.
Used ball to refer to balls, marbles, wheels and cement mixers
UNDER EXTENSION
Hearing a word applied to one thing and then only using it for that one thing when it has other meanings
E.g. hears dad say “white” when pointing at snow, and is baffled when dad calls a blank piece of paper white
THREE MAIN TYPES OF OVER EXTENSION
Categorical- a word for one member of a CLEAR category is extended to other members of that category e.g. doggy for all kinds of animals
Analogical- a word for one object is extended to another object which has some similarity, either physical or functional e.g. pussy-cat for all things that feel soft
Statements- these are almost like one word sentences. Making a statement about something in relation to another object. E.g. saying dolly upon seeing the dolls empty bed
PRONOUN USE
Young children will often use the incorrect pronouns
E.g.
“Him was kicked” instead of “he was kicked”
Using the OBJECT singular 3rd person pronoun “him” instead of the SUBJECT pronoun “he”
