Child Language Aquisition Flashcards
Non-vocal
Behaviour that doesn’t involve words or sounds
Pre-verbal
Anything a child does before it speaks
Vocalisation
Sounds that cannot be described as words
Deletion
Omitting the final consonant in words e.g do(g) cu(p)
Substitution
Substituting one sounds for another, especially hard sounds e.g “pip” for “ship”
Addition
Adding extra vowel sounds to the end of words creating a CVCV pattern
Assimilation
Changing on consonant or vowel for another e.g “gog” for “dog”
Reduplication
Repeating a whole syllable e.g dada, mama
Consonant cluster reduction
Reducing them to smaller units e.g “pider” for “spider”
Deletion of unstressed syllables
Omitting the opening syllable in words
Instrumental function of child language
Language to express needs e.g want juice
Regulatory function of child language
Language to tell other what to do e.g go away
Intersectional function of child language
Language to make contact with others e.g love you mummy
Personal function of child language
Language to express thoughts and feelings
Heuristic function of child language
Language to gain knowledge e.g what the tractor doing
Imaginative function of child language
Language to tell stories and jokes
Representational function of child language
To convey facts or information
Overextension
When a child extends the meaning of a word e.g uses the word bird for anything that flies
Categorical: Over extension
A word for one member of a clear category is extended to other members of that category “a child uses ‘apple’ to label all fruit”
Analogical: Overextension
A word for one object is extended to another object which is not in the same category but which still bares some similarity “using cat for a soft scarf”
Statements: Overextension
Like one word sentences children age not labelling the object but are making a statement in relation to it e.g “dolly for a dolls bed”
Holophrase
Single word that means a whole sentence
Recurrence
A repeated part of speech
Negation
A negative statement
Nomination
Specifically naming something/someone in an utterance
Agent
The subject in a sentence
Affected
The object in a sentence
Three stages of lexical acquisition - Aitchison
Labelling
Packaging
Network building
