Child Language: Phonological Development

Question 1

What is prosody?

Answer 1

The rhythm and melody of language.

Question 2

What is the vegetative stage?

Answer 2

Where a baby makes purely biological sounds <8 weeks

Question 3

What did Berko and Brown’s ‘fish’ study show about children and their understanding of pronunciation?

Answer 3

Children can understand and differentiate between sounds before being able to use them.

Question 4

What was Cruttenden’s study and what did it reveal about child language development?

Answer 4

Studying intonation by exploring if children could predict the winners in football score announcements based on the intonation the announcer used for the winners/losers. It revealed that children can’t reliably interpret intonation <7 years.

Question 5

Where are aleveolar sounds made, and give an example?

Answer 5

The topof the mouth (palette): /s/, /z/, /t/